Organization Guide
Understanding the “who’s who” of organizations involved in U.S. graduate medical education (GME) can be difficult, but knowing who to contact about what and how is an essential part of your successful integration into the U.S. health care system. To help you navigate this system, we have compiled a list of the organizations you will likely come in contact with during the residency application process and throughout your first year of residency. To view an organization’s mission, website, and information about what you would contact them for and what resources they can offer to assist you, click on the appropriate tab below.
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
Also known as...
The Joint Commission or JCAHO
Their Mission is...
To continuously improve health care for the public, in collaboration with other stakeholders, by evaluating health care organizations and inspiring them to excel in providing safe and effective care of the highest quality and value.
You might contact them to...
- Learn about the Joint Commission’s standards, which focus on important patient, individual or resident care, and organization functions that are essential to providing safe, high quality care and help health care organizations measure, assess, and improve performance
Some resources you might find helpful...
- Joint Commission Online weekly e-newsletter
- Joint Commission Do Not Use List
