Accreditation Manager Plus™

The accreditation process has shifted from survey preparedness to continuous compliance with an emphasis on self-assessment component. As part of this change health care organizations must manage a performance improvement process that includes scoring themselves against the Joint Commission standards. This is a complex activity involving staff across the organization. Managing and communicating about the process is a large undertaking for any organization. Accreditation Manager Plus is a critical tool that enhances communication and efficiency by providing a single location to manage the standards compliance process and streamline the Periodic Performance Review process.

• Accurate and current standards information: Scoring your organization against the current standards is critical and Accreditation Manager Plus provides the new standards as they take effect.

• Distributed scoring: Continuous compliance is a team effort. Through Accreditation Manager Plus the quality manager can assign data gathering and scoring of standards to team coordinators ensuring that each person understands their responsibilities.

• Standards information repository: With distributed responsibilities managing the data around the compliance process can be difficult. Accreditation Manager Plus assists by providing a single location for data including Plans of Action, organizational notes and findings, and any associated documents. Staff involved in the performance improvement process can quickly locate and understand the current status.

• Reporting: Communicating status information to senior management as well as staff involved in the compliance process can be problematic. Accreditation Manager Plus reporting allows at-a-glance status reviews as well as in-depth information on performance.

• Periodic performance review upload: Accuracy and efficiency are needed as your organization prepares for its annual Periodical Performance Review. Accreditation Manager Plus streamlines the process by uploading scoring and relevant information to the Joint Commission site—no need to re-enter data.

• Complete context: The Comprehensive Accreditation Manuals contain a wealth of information beyond the standards themselves. Accreditation Manager Plus ensures staff understands the complete context by providing access to the industry's only electronic version of the full manual.