Discuss the below in 300 words:
• Health care Providers may volunteer to be accredited by an external body. The Centers of Medicare and Medicaid provide an updated list of approved accrediting organizations. For this discussion, we are focusing on the acute care hospital. Below are fourteen of the categories in
The Joint Commission Standards Manual and accreditation process topics. The topics for this discussion are assigned by students' last names. See the chart below for your assigned topic. For your assigned topic, you will need to access The Joint Commission Standards Manual and The Joint Commission's publication The Source. To access this information follow the steps below:
From the homepage of the Ashford University library, Find Articles & More in the purple bar near the top of the page. Next, take the following steps:
• Databases by Subject
• Health & Medicine
• Commission E-dition for the Standards manual
• Joint Commission The Source
• Select two journal articles from The Source that were published within the past 3 years pertaining to your assigned topic.
• Identify and summarize the two articles chosen. Your answer should reflect the standard, how it is utilized and why it is important in health care, any best practice mentioned, summary of any forms or template shared and any other information that surprised you.