2 | Joint Comission
The Joint Commission sets the standards
by which leading health care organizations’
quality and safety is measured. An indepen-
dent, not-for-profit organization, The Joint
Commission accredits and certifies more
than 20,000 health care organizations and
programs in the United States. The Joint
Commission’s 60-plus years of experience
demonstrate that accreditation is among
the most comprehensive and powerful tools
available to stimulate quality improvement
and patient safety. Accreditation has played
a major role in issues ranging from estab-
lishing smoke-free health care facilities to
emphasizing a patients’ rights to care that
respects their values, beliefs and preferences.
A MISSION TO IMPROVE
HEALTH CARE
The Joint Commission’s mission is to con-
