Dr. Benjamin Brody (Weill Cornell Medicine, New York) joins Dr. Dixon and Dr. Berezin to discuss how Joint Commission accreditation can be evolved to ensure that it is aligned with best incentives to for high-quality behavioral health care. Transcript 00:52 Brody background 02:51 Inpatient work 03:42 The tension of inpatient psychiatric care 05:28 The Joint Commission 07:39 What the Joint Commission is doing well 09:04 Best practices 11:02 Who ordered what, when, and where 13:33 Including the patient as a stakeholder 20:23 Comprehensive treatment plans 22:25 What would you do if you were CEO? 24:34 Ensuring that the things the Joint Commission focuses on are the things that improve patients' lives. 25:14 A vision for quality improvement that engages stakeholders 30:12 Shared decision making Subscribe to the podcast here. Check out Editor's Choice, a set of curated collections from the rich resource of articles published in the journal. Sign up to receive notification of new Editor's Choice collections. Browse other articles on our website. Be sure to let your colleagues know about the podcast, and please rate and review it wherever you listen to it. Listen to other podcasts produced by the American Psychiatric Association. Follow the journal on Twitter. E-mail us at
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