American Hospital Association December 20, 2022
The Joint Commission announced plans to revise 56 standards during the first review cycle of 2023 according to an article in Modern Healthcare today. Revising and retiring certain quality and safety standards will remove redundancies and obsolete measures to allow for new measures related to health equity, sustainability, workforce and infection prevention. “The AHA appreciates The Joint Commission’s efforts to ensure their standards are consistent with the ever-changing science around care delivery. In addition, especially during this period of persistent workforce pressures,...