The Project to Monitor Indicators: A Collaborative Effort between the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America

1995 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen B. Kritchevsky ◽  
Bryan P. Simmons ◽  
Barbara I. Braun
Keyword(s):  
Joint Commission ◽  
Collaborative Effort ◽  
Healthcare Organizations ◽  
Healthcare Epidemiology ◽  
The Joint Commission

History of SHEA-Sponsored Research: Time to Pass the Torch

2011 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-165
Author(s):  
Bryan Simmons ◽  
Barbara I. Braun ◽  
James P. Steinberg ◽  
Stephen B. Kritchevsky
Keyword(s):  
Adverse Events ◽  
Health Care Organization ◽  
International Classification Of Diseases ◽  
Joint Commission ◽  
Care Organization ◽  
Classification Of Diseases ◽  
History Of ◽  
Healthcare Epidemiology ◽  
Hospital Acquired ◽  
The Joint Commission

Since its inception, the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) has promoted research into prevention of adverse events in hospitals. In 1995, SHEA made this mission concrete by initiating a collaborative research project with the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Health Care Organization (now known as the Joint Commission). In the early 1990s, the Joint Commission was implementing its “Agenda for Change” and associated Indicator Monitoring System. At the time, there were numerous competing measurement systems that used different definitions, all aimed at measuring the quality of patient care, and many had indicators measuring the incidence of hospital-acquired infections. Some of these indicators used administrative data, such as International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) codes, to measure adverse events.

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