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Patient Safety Monitor (Briefings on Patient Safety) (Single Article)

Benchmark for success? Accreditation does not necessarily ensure quality, study says
March 2002

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A controversial new study claims that just because a hospital receives a high score during a Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) survey, it doesn’t necessarily mean it gets high marks on other quality indicators, including patient complications or deaths.Researchers from the University of Michigan School of Public Health, in Ann Arbor, compared the scores of JCAHO-accredited hospitals against Medicare inpatient data prepared for The 100 Top Hospitals: Benchmarks for Success, a study by Solucient LLC., according to a written release. They conclude

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