title: Information management central to JCAHO surveys.
abstract: Hospitals preparing for Joint Commission surveys should pay close attention to improving organizational performance, says Eric Silfen, former chief medical officer at Reston (VA) Hospital Center, who now oversees the hospital's outcomes research division.
mesh_terms: D000068:Accreditation / Q000379:methods*; D003625:Data Collection; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000592:standards*; D019451:Information Management / Q000592:standards*; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D014481:United States