The Quality Quiz a tool for Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations survey preparation

As part of Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations survey preparation, two prospective, interventional studies were conducted. The first study compared the hospital staff that participated in surveyreadiness rounds to staff that did not. The second study compared the scores before and after the educational inservice of the group that had not participated in these rounds. The mean total score of the rounds group was 92 per cent and for the norounds study group before inservice education was 85 per cent. The difference was statistically significant. The norounds groups mean total score rose 14 per cent after inservice education. Inservice education nearly doubled the likelihood of scoring 90 per cent or better. As part of a coordinated surveyreadiness program, a contest can be a useful and effective method to assess and improve staff knowledge.