HOW ARE THE TWO HEALTH CARE ACCREDITATION BODIES DIFFERENT?
Although both CCHIT and The Joint Commission are central to health care certification, they have different missions. The Joint Commission’s certification efforts focus on the quality and safety of an organization’s health care delivery, with IT being just one component of that delivery. Its evaluation of EHR or other health IT systems concentrates on how the technology is used within the broad scope of administering care. In contrast, CCHIT looks solely at health IT certification and whether a technology meets requirements for health-related data.
