New research published in the Journal of Hospital Medicine revealed hospitals accredited by The Joint Commission outperformed non-accredited hospitals on 16 nationally standardized quality measures.
For their study, researchers, which include experts within The Joint Commission, compared the performance of 3,891 hospitals on 16 quality-of-care measures from 2004-2008, 762 of which were never accredited and 2917 of which were accredited the entire study period. They found Joint Commission-accredited hospitals had greater improvements in performance than non-accredited hospitals. Additionally, accredited hospitals were more likely to achieve superior performance (greater than 90 percent adherence to quality measures) in 2008 on 13 of 16 quality measures.
Researchers also found only 69 percent of hospitals that have never been accredited achieved an adjusted overall 2008 composite rate of greater than 90 percent adherence to quality measures, compared to 84 percent of hospitals that have been continuously accredited by The Joint Commission. These results are consistent with other studies that have looked at both process and outcome measures and accreditation.
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For their study, researchers, which include experts within The Joint Commission, compared the performance of 3,891 hospitals on 16 quality-of-care measures from 2004-2008, 762 of which were never accredited and 2917 of which were accredited the entire study period. They found Joint Commission-accredited hospitals had greater improvements in performance than non-accredited hospitals. Additionally, accredited hospitals were more likely to achieve superior performance (greater than 90 percent adherence to quality measures) in 2008 on 13 of 16 quality measures.
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Researchers also found only 69 percent of hospitals that have never been accredited achieved an adjusted overall 2008 composite rate of greater than 90 percent adherence to quality measures, compared to 84 percent of hospitals that have been continuously accredited by The Joint Commission. These results are consistent with other studies that have looked at both process and outcome measures and accreditation.
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