Question

Explain the relationship of Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) standards to job descriptions.

Answer 1

Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) standards are the foundation of an impartial assessment that enables the healthcare organizations to rate, evaluate, and upgrade the functioning. Each rank in an organization has a penned job description that distinguishes the least eligibility of the rank or position. It recognizes the minimum experience and expertise expected for the position. So, JCAHO standards go hand in hand with the job descriptions in the following ways.

• The job description set by the organization decides the role of the staff inside the organization by verifying the skills which indeed are helpful in maintaining JCAHO standards.
• Job descriptions are forced to update to match the current JCAHO standards.
• Job description improve the quality of the organization when set accordingly with JCAHO standards.