Product Description

The 2026 Comprehensive Accreditation Manual for Hospitals (CAMH) is a portable, updatable three-ring binder that features the official Joint Commission standards, elements of performance (EPs), National Performance Goals, and other accreditation requirements, including those for Primary Care Medical Home certification. New for this year:

• Revised standards that use language drawn from federal regulation to more directly identify alignment with US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Conditions of Participation (CoPs)—resulting in a reduction of more than 700 EPs
• A new “National Performance Goals” (NPG) chapter that consolidates all remaining requirements into salient, measurable topics with defined goals
• A new “Physical Environment” (PE) chapter that replaces the “Environment of Care” (EC) and “Life Safety” (LS) chapters to match the structure of the CoPs

The CAMH is organized as follows:

• “Gold tab” standards requirements, including ALL standards, EPs, National Performance Goals, and Accreditation Participation Requirements
• “Blue tab” accreditation process information about Joint Commission policies and procedures and practical survey preparation information on the Early Survey Policy, documentation requirements, standards applicability, and more

The CAMH also features icons to help navigate documentation requirements, integrated regulatory requirements for deemed status, and a “What’s New” summary of changes made since the previous edition.

Please note: To keep your 2026 CAMH up to date—or to update a current CAMH—you need the 2026 CAMH Update Service. The most up-to-date standards throughout 2026 are also available digitally on E-dition^®, found on your Joint Commission Connect^® extranet site or available for purchase here.

Setting: Organizations accredited under the Hospital Accreditation Program, including general, acute psychiatric, pediatric, medical/surgical specialty, long-term acute care, and rehabilitation hospitals

Key Audience: Staff responsible for accreditation, compliance, patient safety, or quality improvement  

If you need this manual in digital format, get the e-book version of the 2026 CAMH. Choose E-book or Site License in the drop-down menu for Book Format above. Site licenses are for sharing the content with others on your team.

If you need an abridged version with just the requirements, consider the 2026 Hospital Accreditation Standards.

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