4 Joint Commission moves

So far in 2026, The Joint Commission — the oldest and world’s largest standard-setting and accrediting body in healthcare — has launched two outcomes-driven certifications and condensed serious safety event lists. 

Here are four updates the accrediting body has announced since January, starting with the most recent:

1. The organization launched its first outcomes-driven certifications March 30: one for perinatal care and the other for cardiac procedures. The perinatal care certification will evaluate hospitals’ maternal and newborn outcomes and patient care experiences, and the cardiac certification will assess operation-specific outcome measures, readmissions and patient experience data. 

2. Two of The Joint Commission’s affiliate organizations named new board members March 9. Adolfo Llinás, MD, chief medical officer of Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá in Bogotá, Colombia, joined the Board of Joint Commission Resources. Sarita Mohanty, MD, president and CEO of the SCAN Foundation in Long Beach, Calif., joined the National Quality Forum Board.

3. The Joint Commission and the National Quality Forum plan to align their serious safety reporting frameworks. The accrediting body will adopt the NQF’s Serious Reportable Events List across all accredited domestic and international organizations, effective Jan. 1.

4. The National Association for Healthcare Quality and The Joint Commission rolled out a new regulatory and accreditation micro-credential for practical survey readiness. The self-paced program trains healthcare professionals to interpret standards, manage surveys and sustain corrective actions. 

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