Joint Commission CEO highlights top priorities

Joint Commission President and CEO discussed in a podcast the organization’s three latest strategic priorities: health equity, environmental sustainability and workforce. Jonathan Perlin, PhD, MD, said the Joint Commission is “operating under the belief that equity must be the foundation for all we do in health care. Without equity, even the opportunity for safe care cannot and will not exist.” The organization recently launched directional ─ rather than prescriptive ─ health care equity accreditation requirements. To address workforce burnout, the Joint Commission is reviewing its “above-and-beyond requirements” to “reduce the burden on already overburdened health care workers and institutions,” Perlin said. (NEJM Catalyst podcast, 10/25/22)