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Integrating Performance Measure Data into the Joint Commission Accreditation Process

Richard G. Koss

Jerod M. Loeb

Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations

This article describes the Joint Commission’s implementation plans, experience, and results to date of incorporating performance measurement data into the accreditation process. These plans have evolved in response to changes in the health care environment, feedback from accredited organizations, and both technical and political obstacles encountered. During the late 1980s, the Joint Commission developed a national performance measurement system, the IMSystem, to incorporate information about the process and outcomes of care into the accreditation process. In 1995, the ORYX initiative was introduced to offer health care organizations significant flexibility in selecting a measurement system and measures while promoting organizational self-improvement and accountability. Recently, the plans have evolved to incorporate standardized core measures that are known to be valid and reliable. These initiatives have moved the field much closer to the day when quality assessment will reflect a comprehensive view of organizational performance, based, in part, on performance measurement data.

Evaluation & the Health Professions, Vol. 22, No. 3, 283-297 (1999)
DOI: 10.1177/016327879902200301


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