title: Hospital Accreditation and Community Health.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Md.
authors.forename: Michael K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Poku
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md. Electronic address: hellmann@jhmi.edu.
authors.forename: David B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Hellmann
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Md.
authors.forename: Joshua M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Sharfstein
mesh_terms: D000068:Accreditation; D018672:Community Health Planning; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D006292:Health Priorities; D006764:Hospitals, Community / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D020380:Needs Assessment; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D014481:United States