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Introduction: In health care, a relationship between quality assurance and legal issues is required for the practice of phlebotomy. The main responsibility of the phlebotomists is to distinguish the importance of QA guidelines and also understand and follow the legal implications provided by National Standard and Regulatory Agencies.
Answer to Problem 1SRQ
Correct answer: The Joint Commission is the largest and oldest health care standard-setting body in the nation. Hence, option d. is the correct answer.
Explanation of Solution
Reason for the correct answer:
In health care practices, The Joint commission (TJC) is an independent, non-profitable organization. This organization plays a key role to establish the standards for the operations of health care and to provide proper health-related services and facilities. It is the largest and oldest standard-setting body in health care organization. It was established in 1951, and it certifies more than 20,000 health care programs and health care organizations (HCOs) in the United States.
Option d. is given as “The Joint Commission”.
The largest and oldest health care standard-setting body in the nation is The Joint Commission (TJC). Hence, the correct answer is option d.
Reasons for incorrect answers:
Option a. is given as “American Medical Association”.
It was incorporated in 1897, but it is the association of physicians (both MDs and DOs) and the medical students in the United States. This association does not deal with health care programs and health care organizations. Hence, option a. is incorrect.
Option b. is given as “Center for Medicare and Medicaid”.
It was established in 1965 that is not earlier than TJC. Hence, option b. is incorrect.
Option c. is given as “College of American Pathologists”.
It was established in 1946, and it is a member-based physician organization with 18,000 board-certified pathologists. Hence, option c. is incorrect.
Hence, options a., b., and c. are incorrect.
The largest and oldest health care standard-setting body in the United States is “The Joint Commission (TJC)”.
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