The Joint Commission to add health equity standards to accreditations

The Joint Commission is the accrediting body for more than 22,000 provider organizations and programs across the country.

“It’s about healthcare leaders. They have not been held accountable for what turns out to be very costly disengagement with these communities,” Ana McKee, executive vice president and chief medical office of The Joint Commission, said Thursday during Modern Healthcare’s Social Determinants of Health Symposium. “The…