Joint Commission launches telehealth accreditation

Hospitals, ambulatory and behavioral health care organizations for the Joint Commission’s starting July 1. The program will offer updated, streamlined standards to provide organizations offering telehealth services with the structures and processes needed to deliver safe, high-quality care using a telehealth platform. Requirements specific to the program include streamlined emergency management requirements to address providing care and clinical support remotely rather than in a physical building. (Joint Commission , 4/23/24)