JCR Accreditation Summit Debuts April 28-29

A pre-summit April 27 is designed for those new to the accreditation process

(Oak Brook, Ill.—April 3, 2009) Health care leaders can learn strategies and solutions to improve their organizations’ accreditation processes at The Joint Commission Accreditation Summit. The April 28-29 summit is being presented by Joint Commission Resources (JCR), a not-for-profit affiliate of The Joint Commission.

The summit will feature customized accreditation tracks to meet the different standards requirements for the hospital, home care, ambulatory care, behavioral health care, laboratory and long-term care accreditation programs.  Expert faculty will include surveyors, members of the standards interpretation group and other accreditation champions. 

A pre-summit, April 27, is designed for organizations new to the accreditation process and will offer fundamental information about Joint Commission standards and the accreditation process. Faculty will go step-by-step through the accreditation process, explaining basic concepts such as Accreditation Participation Requirements (APR), the tracer methodology, the Periodic Performance Review (PPR), and Priority Focus Process (PFP), as well as answer questions.

The 2009 Summit will provide an opportunity to interact with and ask questions of members of The Joint Commission team—accreditation program executive directors, field directors, surveyors and members of the standards interpretation team. Featured speakers from The Joint Commission will include Mark R. Chassin, M.D., M.P.P., M.P.H., president; and Ann Scott Blouin, Ph.D., R.N., executive vice president, Division of Accreditation and Certification Operations. Chassin will give the opening address. Blouin will discuss “Meeting and Exceeding Customer Expectations.”
 
 The summit is designed to help participants:
• Understand The Joint Commission’s robust process improvement strategies and its role in improving quality and safety in health care.
• Incorporate new facts about regulatory changes to understand their impact on Joint Commission standards, deeming authority and accredited organizations.
• Identify the top 10 most challenging standards and National Patient Safety Goals and how to comply with these requirements.
• Engage in discussions about program-specific challenges and learn leading practices and solutions to resolve these issues.

Cost of the summit is $795 per person for registration by April 10, or $695 for teams of three or more participants from the same organization; the standard cost is $895 per person. The pre-summit is $199 per person. To register, please call JCR Customer Service at 1.877.223.6866. Additional details and a summit agenda also are available online at http://www.jcrinc.com/Conferences-and-Seminars/Accreditation-Summit/1510/, and for the summit pre-conference at http://www.jcrinc.com/Conferences-and-Seminars/Accreditation-Summit-Pre-Conference/1509/.