Standards of Practice of Internal Medicine and Methods of Assessing the Quality of Practice in Hospitals

Editorial1 August 1957STANDARDS OF PRACTICE OF INTERNAL MEDICINE AND METHODS OF ASSESSING THE QUALITY OF PRACTICE IN HOSPITALSMARION A. BLANKENHORN, M.D.MARION A. BLANKENHORN, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-47-2-367 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptA study of this problem was initiated by the Regents of the American College of Physicians through a committee on Accreditation of Hospitals in Medicine,1not the Joint Commission on Accreditation. The committee elected to study the problem by surveying hospitals as a pilot study of present criteria and standards. The committee procured a Director who was to serve for one year,2but the committee functioned throughout in an advisory capacity. It was the purpose of the committee to "develop ways and means to define an acceptable standard for use by the Joint Commission on Accreditation, and secondly to judge...1 Colwell AR Eisele CW Ferris EB Kinsman JM Luckey EH, M.D., Chicago, Chairman; , M.D., Denver; , M.D., New York;, M.D., Louisville; and , M.D., New York. Google Scholar2 Blankenhorn MA, M.D., Cincinnati. Google Scholar3 Almy T Bunn W Burgess A Garon M Kaufman J Leonard JC McCarthy J McGlone F Minish L Poindexter SM Rash JO Schnabel T Schnitker M Smyth C Stewart F Strauss M Colwell A Eisele CW Ferris E Kinsman M, M.D., , M.D., , M.D., , M.D., , M.D., , M.D., , M.D., , M.D., , M.D., , M.D., , M.D., , M.D., , M.D., , M.D., , M.D., , M.D., , M.D., , M.D., , M.D., , M.D. Google Scholar4 EiseleSleeHoffmann CWVNRG: Can the practice of internal medicine be evaluated? Ann. Int. Med. 44: 144-161 (Jan.) 1956. LinkGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: MARION A. BLANKENHORN, M.D. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byAuditing the quality of care in emergency departmentsSTANDARDS OF PRACTICE OF INTERNAL MEDICINE: METHODS OF JUDGING ITS QUALITY IN HOSPITALS*ARTHUR R. COLWELL SR., M.D., GEORGE KARL FENN, M.D.PROGRESS REPORT COMMITTEE FOR THE STUDY OF HOSPITAL STANDARDS IN MEDICINEG. KARL FENN, M.D. 1 August 1957Volume 47, Issue 2 Page: 367-374 Keywords Hospital medicine Pilot studies ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 August 1957 PDF downloadLoading ...