Sep 17 2011
Medscape: Top Performing Hospitals Listed in Joint Commission Report
Small and rural hospitals headed the list of top performing hospitals in using evidence-based processes closely linked to positive patient outcomes, according to the Joint Commission's annual report on quality and safety, Improving America's Hospitals. The 405 hospitals identified as attaining excellence in accountability measure performance for 2010 represent approximately 14 percent of Joint Commission–accredited hospitals (Crane, 9/15).
 This article was reprinted from kaiserhealthnews.org with permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Kaiser Health News, an editorially independent news service, is a program of the Kaiser Family Foundation, a nonpartisan health care policy research organization unaffiliated with Kaiser Permanente.
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