JCI Journey

Developing policies and procedures is essential to the JCI accreditation preparation process. Below we’ve listed 6 steps for you to use to develop your own policies and procedures.

Health care organizations need effective policies and procedures to ensure safety and quality. Learning about policies and procedures can help you to create effective ones. That will help you to meet Joint Commission International (JCI) standards too. More than 100… Continue Reading →

This slide presentation with audio provides some central concepts about policies and procedures: their definitions and differences, their key elements, the policy development and management process, and why you need a policy on policies. Please click on link below to view presentation: … Continue Reading →

Follow along on this slide presentation to learn more about creating policies and procedures documents. It tells you who is involved and what steps they take to create them. It also provides some simple strategies for creating policies and procedures. Attached… Continue Reading →

Using this policy template, you can create complete policies that follow a standardized format.  The template includes elements that appear in good policies. An example policy shows how the template is applied to format a medical staff evaluation policy.

For a policy to be successful, it needs proper implementation. Implementing includes training, monitoring, and more. This graphic job aid shows you how to implement policies and procedures.

How does an organization with hospitals in the United States and around the world develop and manage its policies? This case study profiles Cleveland Clinics and its approach to policies and procedures.

Maintaining is a vital part of the development and management process for policies and procedures. This short learning module with audio explains key activities involved in this part of the process.