JCAHO May Stop Selling Analyses of Hospital Data to Third Parties

Link: AOA Daily Reports

Modern Healthcare reported yesterday that the members of JCAHO (Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations) executive committee will recommend to the full board that the JCAHO get out of the business of selling analyses of hospital data to third parties.

A spokeswoman for the Commission said that the issue of whether the JCAHO will require hospitals to submit patient-level data as part of accreditation remains on the table. According to Modern Healthcare, the decision follows six months of controversy over a "data-mining contract" between a JCAHO subsidiary and the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association.