What is JACHO?

The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JACHO) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to raising the level of safety and quality of care in all health care settings. Since 1951, JCAHO accreditation has been recognized within health care as a symbol of quality.

JCAHO's governing board includes doctors, nurses, medical directors and consumers. JCAHO sets the standards that measure health care quality in America and around the world. On a continuing basis, groups of doctors, nurses, and representatives of national health care organizations meet to review the standards for care, and make recommendations for additions and improvements to the requirements.

JCAHO's Mission

To continuously improve the safety and quality of care provided to the public through the provision of health care accreditation and related services that support performance improvement in health care.

What is accreditation?

Accreditation means that Sheldon Medical Supply has volunteered to undergo a challenging, comprehensive evaluation. It has made a significant extra effort to review and improve the key factors that can affect the quality and safety of your care.

Accreditation by JCAHO is considered the Gold Standard in health care. Hospitals have been evaluated by JCAHO for more than 50 years. Sheldon Medical Supply is accredited just as the hospitals in your community are accredited.

Surveyors from JCAHO personally visited this facility to conduct a review and looked at how well the facility

• provides a safe environment for your care
• educates you about the risks and options for diagnosis and treatment
• protects your rights as a patient, including your right to confidentiality
• evaluates your condition, before, during and after diagnosis andtreatment
• protects you against infection
• plans for emergency situations

How does an organization become JCAHO accredited?

JCAHO accreditation is voluntary. To perpare for its review,

Sheldon Medical Supply

made a commitment to improvement, and put teams together to look carefully at what it could do better to ensure the safety and quality of care. Next, JCAHO surveyors were invited to the facility for an intense on-site review. Then Sheldon Medical Supply received a report identifying its strengths, and outlining what it could improve.

Only a small percentage of facilities have gone through this kind of evaluation. Congratulations on choosing an accredited facility!