Which organization required audits of care, which later became part of a quality assurance program?
a. The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals (JCAH)
b. The American Nurses Association (ANA)
c. The National League for Nursing
d. The American Hospital Association
ANS: A
The JCAH required audits of care, called for by its initial quality assurance standards, and increased the number of multidisciplinary audits. The quality assurance program recommended by JCAH was a retrospective review of patient care through a closed-chart audit that focused on patient care outcomes.
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