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Briefings on The Joint Commission, February 2007

Briefings on The Joint Commission, February 1, 2007

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JCAHO changes its name to The Joint Commission

Q&A with Kurt Patton

Meeting EC 5.20 more challenging in 2007

Surveyor's mastery of tracer methodology shows during lab survey, makes for educational experience

Dealing with physician-to-physician hand-offs

Keeping up with the growing list of EC demands

New rule means restraint and seclusion policy update

 

JCAHO changes its name to The Joint Commission

On January 7, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) became known as simply The Joint Commission.

The shortened name is what most people in the field already call the organization, including most officials at the accreditor's headquarters outside of Chicago.

A December 11, 2006, memo from Joint Commission President Dennis O'Leary to all employees first revealed the name change plans.

"This change is simply intended make our name more memorable than the . . . 18-syllable Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations," read O'Leary's memo, obtained by BOJ. "The shortened name signals and acknowledges the reality of progressive broadening of Joint Commission services and products in order to fulfill our mission.

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