JCAH equivalency: its effect on hospitals, labs, and the I&A program.
In reviewing the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals' acceptance of the CAP Inspection and Accreditation program, this article examines, for example, the effect of this acceptance on the cost of laboratory inspections, on the handling of so-called splinter laboratories, and on the I&A program. The author also reviews briefly current efforts to obtain state equivalency.
D000068:Accreditation; D006761:Hospitals; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D007753:Laboratories / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States