Joint Commission Field Reviews

The Joint Commission Standards

• Advanced Disease-Specific Care Field Assessment Notification

Standards improvement initiatives:

• Patient Rights and Responsibilities

Pre-publication standards

Leadership Chapter

The Leadership Chapter has been revised for all accreditation programs as part of The Joint Commission's regular standards renewal process, whose principal goal is to ensure that standards remain current. With respect to the Leadership standards, The Joint Commission has undertaken several parallel initiatives that have resuted in additional standards and a major reordering of the chapter. The chapter includes four sections: Leadership Structure, Leadership Relationships, Organization Culture and System Performance, and Operations. The revised Leadership Chapter will be effective January 1, 2009.

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MS. 1.20 - Approved and effective July 1, 2009:

• Revisions to standard MS. 1.20 approved 
• Teleconference calls for MS.1.20 and the Leadership Chapter (PDF, 61KB)
• AMA October 27, 2006 letter of comment (PDF, 114KB)

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