The Joint Commission's Leadership Standards

By Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations

Direct accountability is the key to providing a culture of safety in all health care settings. Organizationwide awareness that promotes a safe environment of care is warranted and can be provided through leadership's involvement and influence. The Joint Commission's Leadership Standards provides insight tools to enhance this key message for leaders, in addition to providing a framework of information that is needed by health care leaders today. The Joint Commission's Leadership Standards book is a source for the following information: Methods for applying the Joint Commission's leadership requirements to your health care setting Discussion of accountability and organizational structural issues faced by leaders today How-to methods for promoting and developing good leadership relationships Communicating safety and quality issues among leaders Using data to measure leadership performance Effectively implementing and monitoring a change management program Addressing disruptive behavior issues Creating a code of conduct policy Monitoring safety risk and assessing risk reduction methods Defining conflicts of interest and acknowledging ethical issues Continual engagement of leadership is warranted. Assessment, measurement, sustainability, and alignment of goals will foster the relationship between excellent leadership performance and the goal of improving safety.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 159940317X
• ISBN13: 9781599403175
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: Jcr Publishing
• Length: 141 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.0" x 10.1"