Accreditation. Chassin and Joint Commission aim to inspire. Interview by Howard Larkin.
After two years at the helm of the Joint Commission, Mark Chassin, M.D., is pressing forward with efforts to turn the Joint Commission into a partner with hospitals and other providers and transform health care into a "high reliability" enterprise along the lines of the aviation and nuclear energy industries. Hospitals & Health Networks asked health care experts and Chassin himself how he's doing so far.
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