title: The Joint Commission's ORYX initiative.
abstract: Home care organizations and hospices increasingly need to have objective, quantifiable information about their own performance that they can use externally to demonstrate accountability. The ORYX initiative will help organizations meet this need.
authors: Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, Oakbrook Terrace, IL, USA.
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Popovich
mesh_terms: D000068:Accreditation; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000592:standards*; D006738:Hospices / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D012984:Software; D014481:United States