Accrediting Bodies

Discussion: Accrediting Bodies and Regulatory Agencies
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Discussion: Accrediting Bodies and Regulatory Agencies
The accreditation of health facilities is an instrumental initiative towards the attainment of healthcare organization compliance. The process ensures high-quality standards based on the pre-established performance standards and established consistencies in the delivery of quality health services. Reliable insights illuminate that; facilities, which receive accreditation are able to deal with a wide spectrum of medical issues, which are in their service portfolio while guaranteeing quality and an improvement of the quality of healthcare services (Alkhenizan & Shaw, 2011). Despite being a voluntary program, firms, which prefer to receive accreditation, exhibit the willingness to improve their services. General accreditation programs provide a framework upon which the structure and process of care emphasize the need to improve clinical outcomes (Keating, 2014). The paper assesses the relevance of the services offered by Lucas County Department of Health, with regards to the accreditation standards of the Joint Commission Standards. The assessment will help yield relevant details on the impact of the accreditation to the service delivery of the organization’s clients.
The selected setting for the assessment was Toledo Lucas County Health Department. The motto for the department is to ensure that its populace stays informed and healthy. A typical program performed in the mentioned setting is the need to guarantee and safeguard the quality of water.

The typical standards that should be followed according to the Joint Commission include the need to attain patient safety systems. The standard emphasizes the need to improve the healthcare system with the aim of protecting patients. Thus, through the promotion of proactive methods, it is evident that patient concerns would also be improved. Toledo Lucas County Health Department exhibits its concern for patient safety by ensuring that the residents and patients in the region have access to clean and safe water. Water is a critical component of any health facility. Cleaning processes, drinking, and cooking is all dependent on the water. Thus, its actions to ensure that the patients have access to clean water is evidence of the commitment of the department to ensure that patients remain safe and have access to clean water. The components of the quality management system as mentioned by the Joint Commission (2017), emphasizes on the need to utilize reliable processes, decrease defects and variations and ensure that there is adequate evidence purporting the approach to ensure that services offered are satisfactory.
Another standard of the Joint Commission is the need to analyze publication perspectives considered regarding universal protocols. Accordingly, the major aim of nursing is to ensure that all the stakeholders strive to issue quality services to the people. A typical setting such as Toledo Lucas County ensures that even its employees meet the required standards of education and experience to provide services in their facility. The strategy is another feasible mechanism of ensuring quality delivery of services. The positive impact of the universal protocols is that it encompasses all the potential benefits to resolve any issues that may act as barriers to quality delivery of health services.
Finally, a better understanding of the Healthcare staffing services is paramount to ensure that facilities employ qualified individuals who understand the needs of their patients. Competent employees have the requisite experience to ensure that they translate the needs of the patients as is recommended. The Joint Health Commission ensures that facilities have the necessary staffs to enable them to satisfy the demands of the people that they are supposed to serve.

References
Alkhenizan, A., & Shaw, C. (2011). Impact of accreditation on the quality of healthcare services: a systematic review of the literature. Annals of Saudi medicine, 31(4), 407.
Keating, S. B. (2014). Curriculum development and evaluation in nursing. Springer Publishing Company.
The Joint Commission (September 11th, 2017). Facts about Joint Commission standards. Retrieved from https://www.jointcommission.org/facts_about_joint_commission_accreditation_standards/