The health care industry's oldest, largest accreditation and certification organization is forming new partnerships and ...

Dr. Allen Chang, ACMIO at UMass Medical, warned the audience not to neglect employees' concerns about losing jobs to AI, ...

The organizations will co-develop AI playbooks, tools, a new certification program and best practices for health AI.

The Joint Commission has unveiled an overhaul to its healthcare accreditation and certification process that will cut hundreds of requirements for hospitals, streamline patient safety practices and | ...

The New Standard, will take effect January 1, 2026 and be available online to the general public to increase transparency.

The Joint Commission unveiled the second tranche of its planned accreditation standards reduction, which will become effective Aug. 27. More than 200 standards will be either eliminated or ...

The Joint Commission is partnering with the Coalition for Health AI to develop guidance for deploying artificial intelligence tools in healthcare, the organizations said this week. The safety and ...

The Joint Commission also announced the creation of a new, voluntary certification program in Health Care Equity. The certification will initially only be available to hospitals and critical ...

The Joint Commission introduced several notable changes in 2024, including new certifications and revisions to key standards. 1. Inova has become the first health system in the U.S. to earn The ...

The Joint Commission is eliminating an additional 200 standards for ambulatory and behavioral care centers, critical-access hospitals, ...

The Joint Commission, in an unusually pithy statement, explains, “because organizations have had since 2004 to implement successful hand hygiene programs, ...