title: Performance improvement in the JCAHO environment of care.
abstract: Using security management to demonstrate performance improvement for JCAHO can be a viable option. The article illustrates how a program for reducing theft became the basis for demonstrating performance improvement.
authors.affiliation: King's Daughters Medical Center, Ashland, KY, USA.
authors.forename: Scott A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Hill
mesh_terms: D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D007629:Kentucky; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D012637:Security Measures / Q000592:standards*; D013800:Theft / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017749:Total Quality Management; D014481:United States