title: Follow the ins and outs of CAH designation.
abstract: Earning JCAHO's Critical Access Hospital (CAH) designation is challenging. Learn what it takes to receive it.
authors.affiliation: Standards Interpretation/Office of Quality Monitoring, Accreditation Operations, JCAHO, Oakbrook Terrace, IL, USA.
authors.forename: Darlene A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Christiansen
mesh_terms: D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000592:standards; D006780:Hospitals, Rural / Q000145:classification / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D014481:United States