Joint Commission Accreditation

Health information management is highly involved with the Accreditation process for the Joint Commission. Accreditation is an indicator that the facility provides high quality care. The Joint Commission has set standards for health record documentation. The record is essential because it contains all information from the time the patient enters the hospital to the time they are discharged. This is a way physicians and health care providers communicate and is important and for continuity of care. One of HIM goal is to improve patient safety and health care quality, which is a standard and expectation for the Joint Commission. Since HIM works hand and hand with physicians and health care providers HIM is responsible for conducting audits on