STM publisher Elsevier and Joint Commission Resources, Inc. (JCR), a non-profit affiliate of The Joint Commission, have announced that Elsevier will be the new publisher of The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety (JQPS), effective January 1, 2017. For the past 40 years, JQPS has self-published, serving as a key forum on the development, adaptation and/or implementation of innovative thinking, as well as on strategies, practices and issues in health care quality improvement.
As one of the leading worldwide health sciences publishers and owner of the Lancet family of journals, Elsevier is well positioned to grow JQPS's impact and contribution. The transition enables JQPS to strengthen support for its authors, readers and subscribers by harnessing cutting-edge publishing technologies at Elsevier, including a robust set of digital tools to simplify the submission, manuscript tracking, author communication and review processes. JQPS also plans to utilise the publisher's global presence to increase dissemination of content to national and international health care communities, with the goal to champion the burgeoning importance of initiatives dedicated to patient safety and quality of care.
The Joint Commission plans to work closely with JQPS to make it a key component of how it fulfills its mission to partner with health care organisations to improve patient safety and quality of care. The Joint Commission, which accredits and certifies nearly 21,000 health care organisations, is working to ensure JQPS is essential reading for healthcare professionals who are looking for ways to improve care.
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