The Joint Commission evaluates and accredits more than 22, health care organizations and programs in the United States. An independent, not-for-profit organization, The Joint Commission is the nation's oldest and largest standards-setting and accrediting body in health care. Laboratories must be surveyed every two years. The quality of care delivered at US hospitals continues to improve, according to data gathered by the Joint Commission from nearly 1, institutions.
Hospitals improved their provision of evidence-based care for patients with heart attacks, congestive heart failure, and pneumonia, and also improved at prevention of health care—associated infections in surgical patients. As in the report , adherence to the National Patient Safety Goals was more mixed. Although performance improved in some areas including medication reconciliation and eliminating " do not use " abbreviations , many hospitals do not systematically perform time outs prior to procedures, or have reliable mechanisms for communicating critical test results.
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