The Joint Commission was established in 1951 with assistance from the American College of Physicians, the American Hospital Association, the American Medical Association, and the Canadian Medical Association after Ernest Codman, M.D. set forth a initiative calling for the “end result system of hospital standardization.” With that the he helped create American College of Surgeons first along with first minimum of standards which was only 18 pages long (The Joint, 2016). Today the Joint Commission non-profit independent accreditation system which accredits and certifies more than 21,000 health care organizations and programs in the United States. Accreditation is done via unscheduled or “surprise” survey between 18-36 months from last visit
