The Joint Commission has announced the launch of a Web-based portal that allows health care providers to access information and resources on health care-associated infections, Modern Physician reports.
The HAI Portal was developed in collaboration with the:
- Joint Commission International;
- Joint Commission Resources; and
- Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare.
Portal Details
The portal will give health care providers access to an online kiosk containing all of the Joint Commission's HAI-related information and tools (McKinney, Modern Physician, 4/2).
The portal contains both no-cost and for-purchase information on:
- Common types of HAIs;
- HAI tracking tools;
- Strategies to prevent HAIs;
- Strategies to identify HAIs;
- Staff and patient education (Goedert, Health Data Management, 4/2); and
- A list of related performance measures.
Jerod Loeb -- the Joint Commission's executive vice president of health care quality evaluation --
in a statement said, "We hope that the easily accessible information on the HAI Portal will assist health care organizations, practitioners and caregivers to prevent HAIs in their organizations, practices and homes" (
Modern Physician, 4/2).