Joint Commission Launches Simplified Accreditation Standard With Fewer Requirements 

Joint Commission launched Accreditation 360: The New Standard, a transformational approach to hospital and health care accreditation and certification. Leveraging data analytics with a focus on benchmarking and outcomes, Accreditation 360 is designed to dramatically streamline and simplify processes, provide better support, and more efficiently share best practices across the healthcare ecosystem, ultimately redefining how the healthcare industry delivers the highest levels of healthcare quality and safety. As part of the update, Joint Commission removed 714 outdated requirements from the hospital accreditation program and implemented a new focus on consumer outcomes and enhancing public trust. Accreditation 360 is also intended . . .