Health Care Providers May Volunteer To Be Accredited

Health Care Providers May Volunteer To Be Accredited By An External Bo

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, click on Find Articles & More in the purple bar near the top of the page. Next, take the following steps: Click on Databases by Subject, then select Health & Medicine. Click on Joint Commission E-dition for the Standards manual. Then, select The Joint Commission The Source. Additionally, you are required to select two journal articles from The Source published within the past 3 years related to your assigned topic. These articles should be summarized in your post. Your response should include a discussion of the relevant standard, its utilization, significance in healthcare, any best practices mentioned, and summaries of shared forms or templates. Also, highlight any surprising insights. Your initial post should be between 250 and 300 words. In addition to the textbook, support your discussion with at least two scholarly sources, properly cited and referenced in APA format, as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. As a Leadership (LD) student whose last name begins with F or G, focus on the specific accreditation standards relevant to your assigned topic.