Moreland J
AACN Clin Issues Crit Care Nurs. 1991 Feb;2(1):82-9. doi: 10.4037/15597768-1991-1013.
Health care professionals are committed to the continual improvement of the quality of patient care. The Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) has launched a major research and development project intended to improve its ability to evaluate health care organizations and encourage greater attention to the quality of daily patient care. This chapter describes JCAHO's challenge to evaluate capability and performance of health care organizations and practitioners. The intent of JCAHO's agenda for change is to focus on patient outcomes and quality improvement through a more precise and objective evaluation of both clinical and managerial performance. Through the agenda for change, JCAHO and the health care organization will participate in a continuous-flow monitoring system in which clinical and organizational data are transmitted from the field to JCAHO, analyzed, and fed back to the health care organization.
医疗保健专业人员致力于持续提高患者护理质量。医疗组织认证联合委员会（JCAHO）已启动一项重大研发项目，旨在提高其评估医疗组织的能力，并鼓励更加关注日常患者护理质量。本章描述了JCAHO在评估医疗组织和从业者的能力及绩效方面所面临的挑战。JCAHO变革议程的目的是通过对临床和管理绩效进行更精确、客观的评估，关注患者结果和质量改进。通过变革议程，JCAHO和医疗组织将参与一个连续流监测系统，在该系统中，临床和组织数据从现场传输到JCAHO，进行分析，然后反馈给医疗组织。
