What are Joint Commission Standards?

Joint Commission Standards are evidence-based quality and safety requirements used to evaluate and accredit healthcare organizations. These comprehensive standards address areas such as patient care, medication management, infection control, facility safety, and staff qualifications, setting benchmarks for healthcare quality across various settings.

Why are Joint Commission Standards important?

• Quality benchmarking: Establishes clear expectations for high-quality healthcare.
• Risk reduction: Implements practices that minimize patient harm.
• Continuous improvement: Encourages ongoing evaluation and enhancement of care processes.

Key areas covered by Joint Commission Standards

• Patient rights and care delivery processes.
• Medication management and infection prevention.
• Leadership effectiveness and staff competency.

How Solace can help

A Solace advocate can help you identify Joint Commission accredited facilities likely to provide higher quality care, understand the meaning of accreditation status when choosing providers, and know what standards of care you should expect. If you experience care that falls short of established standards, they can assist with reporting concerns and navigating complaint processes through the Joint Commission.