A Study to Determine the Best Way for Letterman Army Medical Center to Comply with the 1981 JCAH (Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals) Quality Assurance Standard

Abstract

This study compares the new 1981 (JCAH) quality assurance standards with Letterman Army Hospital's current quality assurance practices to determine what changes will be necessary to meet the new requirements. Contrary to the impression which some noted authorities on the subjects of medical care quality assurance (QA) might leave with their less well informed and mistaken readers, the concept of QA has been with us for many centuries. It would appear that some believe QA to be a very recent development because the form and intensity of such concerns have not remained consistent over all the thousands of years, which have passed since their initiation. Keywords: Health care facilitates, Accreditation, Medical Services.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA202858

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  • Robert M. O'brien

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  • Academy of Health Sciences

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  • Cognition
  • Delivery Of Health Care
  • Detectors
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Hospitals
  • Law
  • Medical Personnel
  • Patient Care
  • Personnel Management
  • Surgery
  • Therapy

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  • Education
  • Medicine

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