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❤️🩹 October is Health Literacy Month! 🧠 The healthcare system can be difficult to understand for even the most diligent patients. 🗣️ To help, The Joint Commission's Speak Up campaigns offer guidance to patients on a variety of topics as they navigate the healthcare system. 🔗 Each campaign includes a distribution guide to help you share resources with your patients. Explore our full library of #SpeakUp campaigns: https://lnkd.in/em9r4uxu

The October 2024 edition of The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety is here! This month's articles discuss an ambulatory safety net collaborative, perceptions of barriers and solutions for interpreter services, and the role of #AI for quality improvement and patient safety. Read the issue: https://lnkd.in/giiMzCAE

Learn about the current state of diagnostic measurement! The National Quality Forum (NQF) recently released an Environmental Scan: Advancing Measurement of Diagnostic Excellence for Better Healthcare. ⬇️ Download below ⬇️

Join The Joint Commission at Reuters Total Health 2024 in Chicago on Oct. 8! Dr. Jim Merlino, Executive Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer, The Joint Commission, will join the panel: Advancing health equity goals via value-based programs. Learn more and register 👇

We're at National Rural Health Association's #RuralHealth Clinic and #CriticalAccessHospital conferences this week! Visit our booth to learn how Joint Commission accreditation can help your organization improve patient safety and quality of care. Learn about accreditation for Rural Health Clinics: https://lnkd.in/gNjRUuKB Learn about accreditation for Critical Access Hospitals: https://lnkd.in/gVwaJuVg

🌐 Attending #ISQua2024 this week in Istanbul? 🌐 Don't miss our President and CEO Dr. Jonathan Perlin at the session, "Action for Healthy Systems, Healthy People and a Healthy Planet," on Friday, Sept. 27. Dr. Perlin will join global experts in a discussion about building durable, healthy, climate-resilient healthcare organizations. Access the agenda: https://lnkd.in/dkkh25Cb Learn more about our commitment to sustainable healthcare: https://lnkd.in/eRaNevPT

It was a big week for health data! Our President and CEO Dr. Jonathan B. Perlin, participated in AcademyHealth’s 2024 Health Datapalooza. Dr. Perlin was a speaker at the session “Utilizing Healthcare Data for the Greater Good,” where he highlighted The Joint Commission’s Responsible Use of Health Data (RUHD) Certification program. To learn more about RUHD, visit https://lnkd.in/gQxiiYaa. Additionally, Dr. Perlin participated in a panel at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)’ “AI in Action: Transforming Health and Human Services” event. Together, clinicians, data scientists, patient advocates and others are working to create a path for the safe use of health data to improve diagnostics, monitoring and operations.

Artificial intelligence (#AI) is one of the most important issues in healthcare. This week, we convened a group of key congressional, government and healthcare leaders in Washington, D.C. to help inform The Joint Commission’s industry guidance on healthcare AI. As we gather more stakeholder input, our intention is to help healthcare organizations sort through this complicated issue – remembering that critical to all our work is keeping the patient at the center of what we do. Pictured below: Jonathan B. Perlin, MD, PhD, President and Chief Executive Officer of The Joint Commission and Joint Commission International, speaking at the forum.

In honor of its 50th anniversary, The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety has published a list of its 50 most cited articles from the last 50 years. Can you guess what topped the list? Check it out: https://lnkd.in/gG7mVVKq