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This guide contains information and explanations about the JCAHO Quality Report. Not all measures are relevant to or available for all types of health care organizations.
The Joint Commission will add relevant measures of health care quality as more measures become available. The content and format of the Quality Report will be updated from time to time based on changes in the health care industry.
The Summary of Quality Information provides an overview of all of the following quality of care components included in the JCAHO Quality Report:
Special Quality Awards: Special Quality Awards are a national recognition of organization excellence.
Accreditation Decision: The conclusion reached about a health care organization’s accreditation status after evaluation of the organization’s performance against state-of-the-art consensus standards.
Accredited Sites and Services: A health care organization may provide multiple care services at a number of locations. The JCAHO Quality Report provides a list of the services that the Joint Commission reviewed for accreditation purposes.
National Patient Safety Goals: National Patient Safety Goals are priority safety recommendations selected by an expert panel.
National Quality Improvement Goals: These goals are comprised of sets of standardized performance measures that currently address heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, pregnancy and related conditions that accredited health care organizations are expected to follow.
 
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