Event Description

Join us for this live webcast designed to provide you with practical solutions and implementation tips to help you set the stage for a successful survey and build a framework to deliver the highest level of patient safety and care.

The Hospital Accreditation Essentials will include presentations from Joint Commission experts, case studies and take home tools.  This seminar will help you be prepared with:

• Updates to the accreditation process for hospitals
• Discussion about hot topics and challenging standards, frequently cited requirements and compliance strategies for infection prevention and control
• Medication Management
• National Patient Safety Goals
• Environment of Care®
• Life Safety and more...

Intended Audience:

This program is designed for those responsible for directing, coordinating or implementing Joint Commission hospital accreditation and standards compliance. This is also an excellent training opportunity for you if your organization is interested in pursuing Joint Commission accreditation. The program is valuable for all health care professionals who provide oversight of their hospital’s accreditation process including, accreditation directors/managers, quality improvement directors/managers, risk managers, safety directors/managers, nursing directors/managers, and clinicians who provide care and services to hospital patients.

The attendees will have access to program materials through the Learning Management System until: January 7, 2026

Joint Commission is a private, not-for-profit  organization dedicated to continuously improving the safety and quality of care provided to the public. Joint Commission Resources, Inc. (JCR), a wholly controlled, not-for-profit affiliate of Joint Commission, is the official publisher and educator of Joint Commission.

Agenda/Faculty

Agenda in development. Please check back.

FACULTY:

Ken Flowe, MD, MBA, FACHE
Consultant
Joint Commission Resources

Janice Hamscher, MBA, MSN, BSN
Consultant
Joint Commission Resouces

Tom Kinman, MBA, BSME, PE, CHFM, CHSP, CLSS-HC
Consultant
Joint Commission Resources

Payment Options

All Joint Commission products require pre-payment. For your convenience, if you do not have a credit card or a Paypal account available, we offer a sales quote/proforma invoice option to assist with initiating your payment. Payments submitted by check take up to 14 days to process. If you are registering for a program less than 14 days away, your registration may not be received in time and your seat may not be reserved. You will not have access to electronic program materials until your payment has been received. We strongly recommend credit card payments for any events less than 14 days away.

To take advantage of this option:

1. Choose your item(s) and add them to your shopping cart. Select "Proceed to Secure Checkout or Create Proforma Invoice."
2. Enter your billing and shipping details. Select "Continue."
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4. On the bottom right, there is a section titled "Create Proforma Invoice."
5. Click the "Proforma Invoice" button. (See image below.) 
6. Within 5 minutes, a sales quote will be sent to your email address with details about how to complete a check or wire transfer payment.

Or contact Product Support at 888-527-9255, option 5 (+1 630 268 2990 outside the US) or via email at orders@jcrinc.com to have a proforma invoice created and emailed directly to you.

Thank you.

Continuing Education

Before registering for a program check for updates from your state, county or city on a regular basis to make sure it will be acceptable for your license/certification renewal.

Summary of Continuing Education contact hours awarded for this program:

• ACCME: TBD  CME - AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s).
• ANCC: TBD  CE
• ACHE: TBD  CE

Learn more about continuing education below.

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Note: The exact number of CEUs earned depends on the format and the number of hours in the program. Each program is evaluated separately and the CEU values of some will differ from the values listed above.