Standards Improvement Initiative Timetable

The timetable for the release of the new standards, manuals and scoring information follows:

• July 2008:   Standards will be posted to The Joint Commission website
• August 2008:  Scoring information will be posted to the website (Posted 8/14/08)
• September 2008:  Hard copy manuals will be available for Phase 1 programs (ambulatory, hospital, critical access hospital, home care, office-based surgery)
• November 2008:  Hard copy manuals will be available for Phase 2 programs (behavioral health care, laboratory services, long term care)*
• November 2008:  Single-user access to E-dition (electronic manuals) will be available for all accreditation customers*

* For Phase 2 programs (behavioral health, laboratory, long term care), some changes and features will be available in the 2010 manuals and E-ditions since SII improvements are still occurring during 2009.