title: Joint Commission faces several key challenges.
abstract: Dennis O'Leary, MD, says the Joint Commission made significant strides last year in widening the scope of the organization's reach across health care settings and refining the tools it uses to measure the quality of care provided. But he quickly adds that those accomplishments pale in comparison to the challenges that lie ahead.
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection; D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000517:prevention & control; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D014481:United States