title: CAH designation earns deemed status.
abstract: Earning JCAHO's Critical Access Hospital 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: D000068:Accreditation; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006779:Hospitals, Public; D006780:Hospitals, Rural / Q000145:classification* / Q000592:standards; D006788:Hospitals, Voluntary; D006801:Humans; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D006278:Medicare / Q000592:standards; D010067:Ownership; D014481:United States