The Affordable Care Act required the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop a National Quality Strategy that would make care safe, effective, and affordable.

After reading this article, you will be able to:

• Discuss Life Safety's place in the top-cited standards in 2010 and the first half of 2011
• Describe standards and elements of performance
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The Joint Commission has announced that the previously approved patient-centered communication standards will go into effect July 1, 2012.

True or False: Hospitals have the option to incorporate all the environment of care (EC) areas /aspects into one EC plan or have separate plans.