title: Keep up with changing performance improvement standards.
abstract: One of the changes to the Joint Commission's Performance Improvement standards noted here is the requirement to collect specific data.
authors.affiliation: JCAHO, Department of Standards, Oakbrook Terrace, Ill., USA.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hoffner
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000458:organization & administration*