March 11, 2019
Joint Commission moves THKR performance measures
Editor's Note
The Joint Commission on March 6 announced that it is moving the inpatient and outpatient Total Hip and Total Knee Replacement (THKR) implementation guides from the performance measure webpage to the 2019 Specifications Manual for Joint Commission National Quality Measures.
The Manual was published in February. The move will be completed as of July 1, 2019.
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