After approximately 20 years of essentially the same standards and survey process, The Joint Commission unveiled Accreditation 360: The New Standard on June 30th with the goal of encouraging and supporting transformation in TJC accredited healthcare organizations across the country.

The MSL Healthcare team is ready to assist your leadership team as you sift through these changes and determine how best to modify your ‘tried and true’ approaches to standards compliance and survey readiness, to align with Accreditation 360.

We can support you with: 

•   Virtual and onsite education for your leaders regarding the changes, and their implications for standards compliance, and demonstrating transformation both in your approach to accreditation readiness and in improvement in clinical outcomes that give evidence to safe, high-quality and compassionate care.

•   Assessment of the impact of the standards and elements of performance that were removed from the hospital accreditation manual, effective January 1, 2026, to identify procedures and/or documentation that can be eliminated and where work flows can be simplified.

•   Evaluation and re-tooling of clinical performance improvement methods to ensure that methods deployed to improve patient care processes in the four prioritized patient populations are effective;  (Maternity Care, Hip & Knee Procedural Care, Spine Procedural Care, and Cardiovascular Procedural Care).

•   Evaluating your organization’s internal tracer, closed record review and other ongoing survey readiness activities  to ensure that changes outlined in the updated Survey Activity Guide are reflected in how you assess your organization’s performance and readiness for onsite survey events.

The changes announced are significant.  We believe they are a long-awaited improvement!  We welcome the opportunity to work with you to navigate you way to your organization’s next successful accreditation survey experience!