JCAHO safety

JCAHO’s National Patient Safety Goals

Description of this Issue as it Relates to Quality of Care in Health Care
The Joint Commission (JCAHO) is an organization that was established over 50 years ago to set the criteria by which the quality of health care is measured throughout the world. This is an independent, not-for-profit group that is regulated by physicians, nurses and consumers. The goal of JCAHO is to continuously better the quality and safety of care...