Medical Staff

Joint Commission approves MS.01.01.01 standard

Hospitalist Leadership Connection, March 23, 2010

The Joint Commission on Thursday announced that it approved the latest draft of the medical staff bylaws standard, MS.01.01.01 (formerly known as MS.1.20). Based on the unanimous recommendations of an 18-member taskforce, the updated standard is aimed at medical staff self governance and accountability to the governing board for quality patient care. Standard MS.01.01.01 goes into effective March 31, 2011.

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