title: Changing the rules. With hospitals increasingly dissatisfied with the accreditation process and its high costs, the JCAHO overhauls its approach.
abstract: After years of criticism about the cost and relevance of its evaluations, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations unveiled a strategy promising to drastically revise the accreditation process to produce improved measurement of patient care. Russell Massaro, a Joint Commission executive, says surveyors also will be trained to connect standards with the care processes they weigh.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Morrissey
mesh_terms: D000068:Accreditation / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods; D017721:Hospital Costs; D006761:Hospitals / Q000592:standards*; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D014481:United States