Transformation of The Joint Commission based on HMD recommendations

TRANSFORMATION OF THE
JOINT COMMISSION
-based on Health and Medicine Division (HMD)
recommendations

OVERVIEW OF THE JOINT
COMMISSION
 The Joint Commission is an independent and not-for-profit
organization that accredits and certifies almost 21000
healthcare organizations of USA (Joint Commission, 2015).
 Mission- improving public healthcare in collaboration with
other stakeholders (Joint Commission, 2015).
 Vision- Highest quality, safest, best value health care (Joint
Commission, 2015).

HMD RECOMMENDATIONS
 HMD recommendations are effective enough in improving the safety, effectiveness as well
as efficiency of any organization.
 Recommendation 1: In order to improve the knowledge base about safety, establishment of
national focus to create leadership (Baker, 2001).
 Recommendation 2: Developing a nationwide public mandatory reporting system to identify
and learn from error (Donaldson, Corrigan & Kohn, 2000).
 Recommendation 3: Raising performance standard to improve safety (Donaldson, Corrigan
& Kohn, 2000).
 Recommendation 4: Implementing safety system to improve effectiveness and efficiency of
the organization (Baker, 2001).

RECOMMENDATIONS AFFECTING
NURSING CARE
 Providing patient-centered care which will be respectful and responsive to the
preference, need and value of individual patients (Donaldson, Corrigan &
Kohn, 2000).
 Providing service on the basis of scientific knowledge to improve the
effectiveness (Donaldson, Corrigan & Kohn, 2000).
 Reducing waits and delays to improve the efficiency of the organization
(Donaldson, Corrigan & Kohn, 2000).
 Reducing medication error in the healthcare with the implementation of
patient safety system.