The Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) appears to be backing down in its dispute with the American Hospital Association over the reuse of data JCAHO collects on hospitals. JCAHO had wanted the right to resell some of the information it collects on providers to third parties. The organization had explored a deal with the Blue Cross Association which would have sold access to data the organization collects as part of the accreditation process. Hospitals and other provider's groups objected to the idea, arguing that the data should not be used for any other purposes.
- see this article from Modern Healthcare