3: Education and information
Provide innovative solutions designed to help health care organizations improve patient safety and quality as well as expertise
on the many issues organizations face in a challenging health care environment through a variety of product and services.
Other Information:
Joint Commission Resources is a global, knowledge-based organization that provides innovative solutions designed to help health
care organizations improve patient safety and quality. An affiliate of The Joint Commission, JCR is the official publisher
and educator of The Joint Commission. JCR provides expertise on the many issues organizations face in a challenging health
care environment through a variety of product and services including: education programs, publications and multimedia products,
its Continuous Service Readiness program, comprehensive health care consulting and custom education, and accreditation and
international consulting for organizations abroad. The Joint Commission and JCR maintain strict policies that prohibit The
Joint Commission from sharing any confidential information about accredited organizations with JCR. The fact that an organization
has obtained services from JCR is kept completely separate from Joint Commission accreditation decisions.Through Quality Check®,
www.qualitycheck.org, The Joint Commission provides a comprehensive guide to the nearly 15,000 Joint Commission-accredited
health care organizations and programs throughout the United States. In 2007, The Joint Commission began including organizations
that are not accredited by The Joint Commission to Quality Check. Joint Commission accredited organizations are easily identified
by The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval™. Quality Check includes each accredited organization’s most recent Quality
Report. This report provides: detailed information about an organization’s performance and how it compares to similar organizations;
the organization’s accreditation decision and the effective dates of the accreditation award; programs accredited by The Joint
Commission, and programs or services accredited by other accrediting bodies; compliance with The Joint Commission's National
Patient Safety Goals; special quality awards; and, for hospitals, performance on National Quality Improvement Goals.
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