The Joint Commission updates Health Care Equity resource centers

Editor's Note

The Joint Commission, on August 2, announced that it had updated its Health Care Equity (HCE) Accreditation Standards & Resource Center and its HCE Certification Resource Center.

A new resource available in the HCE Accreditation Standards & Resource Center is an On Demand Accelerate PI Webinar that provides information on the stratification of patient safety and quality data to identify healthcare disparities.

New resources available in the HCE Certification Resource Center include a Re-engineered Discharge Toolkit that introduces a new component on overcoming language barriers related to the discharge process and a spotlight on HealthPartners ‘Mammo A Go-Go’ mobile breast cancer screening unit.