Joint Commission Standards and Processes. 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.\u00a0\t\u00a0\t\u00a0\tFor your assigned topic, you will need to access The Joint Commission Standards Manual and The Joint Commission’s publication\u00a0The Source.\u00a0To access this information follow the steps below:\tFrom 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:\t\u00b7 \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Click on Databases by Subject\t\u00b7 \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Click on Health & Medicine\t\u00b7 \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Click on Joint Commission E-dition for the Standards manual. Review the standard assigned to you.\t\u00b7 \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Next, go back to Health & Medicine in the AU Library. Then click on Joint Commission\u00a0The Source\u00a0link located just below the Joint Commission E-dition link. Do not access\u00a0The Source\u00a0via the Joint Commission E-dition link or it will ask you to pay a fee.\t\u00b7 \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Select two journal articles from\u00a0The Source\u00a0that were published within the past 5-8 years pertaining to your assigned topic. For each article, you will need to download the article. Select the blue box with an arrow.\t\u00b7 \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Identify and summarize the two articles chosen. Your response 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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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