| Subject: | Joint Commission Issues Revisions to Accreditation Participation Requirements 5 and 6 |
| Category: | The Joint Commission (TJC)
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| Published: | Wed, 10 Jan 2007 - 12:00 am |
| The Joint Commission has issued revisions to Accreditation Participation Requirement (APR) 5 and 6. The revisions are applicable to the Hospital Program and become effective April 1, 2007.
APR 5 states that hospitals shall select and use accepted core measure sets/measures and/or non-core performance measures from among those available through its listed performance measurement system.
In order to comply with HIPPA regulations, the revised APR 5 and APR 6 expands the transmittal requirements.... The full article is available to StayAlert subscribers. Click here for a free trial subscription. |
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