Rural Health Clinic Accreditation
The Joint Commission began exploring this new accreditation program to extend our consistent quality framework to outpatient care delivery and align with rural health and health equity initiatives. Our requirements are a practical, industry-vetted framework to help you minimize risk and boost consistency in how care and services are delivered.
Our standards focus on key operational areas that most impact the safety and quality of health care services, such as:
- Staff competency
- Patient assessment
- Medication management
- Infection control
Achieving accreditation is a visible demonstration to patients and the community that your organization provides the highest quality services.
Rural Health Clinic Program
Rural Health Clinic Accreditation
The Joint Commission began exploring this new accreditation program to extend our consistent quality framework to outpatient care delivery and align with rural health and health equity initiatives. Our requirements are a practical, industry-vetted framework to help you minimize risk and boost consistency in how care and services are delivered.
Our standards focus on key operational areas that most impact the safety and quality of health care services, such as:
- Staff competency
- Patient assessment
- Medication management
- Infection control
Achieving accreditation is a visible demonstration to patients and the community that your organization provides the highest quality services.
Want to Participate in the Pilot?
We are currently recruiting organizations to participate in a pilot for the program.
Participating organizations will receive:
- Access to the standards and tools to support
- A one-day unannounced survey conducted by RNs with ambulatory and critical access hospital experience
- A complimentary survey (no annual or onsite survey fees)
- An accreditation decision
Space is limited. Let us know today if you are interested and we can provide you additional information.
Talk to a Team Member
Please complete the following form if you are interested in participating in the pilot or would like more information about the Rural Health Clinic accreditation program.
Apply Today
The Rural Health Clinic accreditation program is expected to be available mid-2024, meaning the official application and onsite reviews will be available at that time.
This pre-application is an abbreviated questionnaire that allows an organization to identify a ready date for their initial onsite survey and enter the scheduling queue. This is ideal for organizations that hope to be surveyed during the first few months after launch.
Once the formal application opens, we will contact you to complete the entire application. In the meantime, if you have any questions about the program requirements or the pre-application process, please reach out to your Business Development representative at [email protected].
Note: Initial surveys are scheduled according to surveyor availability, accessibility to your area based on COVID rates, and other factors. As a result, your ready date is not guaranteed to be the date we visit. Rather, we will schedule the survey as close to your ready date as possible (but not before). The ready date indicates that your organization meets Joint Commission eligibility requirements, standards, and is ready to accept a survey.