Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare
Hospital & Health CareIllinois, United States501-1000 Employees
The Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare, based in Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois, is part of the health care sector and focuses on advancing high-reliability practices within hospitals and healthcare organizations. Established in 2008, the center collaborates with health systems to implement and sustain mindsets, processes, and systems that support caregivers and strive for zero harm, aiming to improve patient safety and quality of care. Its work targets providers seeking durable solutions to safety and quality problems, offering frameworks and tools to help organizations reach safety goals once viewed as unattainable. The center has pursued initiatives such as universal protocol development and targeted tools to reduce sepsis mortality, and it has formed partnerships with other health care entities to extend its reach and impact. The organization operates within a broader ecosystem of industry instruments and collaborates with the Joint Commission to support high reliability in health care.