Joint Commission of Taiwan

The Joint Commission of Taiwan (JCT) is an accreditation body in healthcare established in 1999. JCT was founded by the then Department of Health (renamed to Ministry of Health and Welfare in 2013), Taiwan Hospital Association, Taiwan Non-Government Hospitals and Clinics Association, and Taiwan Medical Association. 

JCT is committed to promoting quality and patient safety concepts, the use of quality management tools, and healthcare professional training to assist healthcare administrators and providers in enhancing the quality of their healthcare services. 

With profound experience in promoting and participating in the reform of the Taiwan healthcare system, JCT developed professional expertise and established a solid organizational foundation. Thus, on the grounds of the trust earned from society for its honesty, integrity, and neutrality in implementing accreditation, certification, and inspection, JCT has qualified to become a professional healthcare organization accrediting body, certified by the International Society for Quality in Healthcare (ISQua). 

The search for continuous innovation and organization-wide development allows JCT to create extraordinary value for the Taiwan healthcare system and its recipients. Step by step, JCT is making relentless efforts to be the promoter of healthcare quality, to develop the partnership between people and healthcare organizations, and to enhance healthcare quality across the island. Looking forward, JCT operates toward becoming a highly regarded healthcare organization accreditation and quality improvement body with a “worldwide perspective”, while ensuring that the population of Taiwan would receive safe, high-quality, efficient, and person-centered healthcare services. 

The purpose of JCT is to promote, execute, accredit and certify the nation's healthcare quality policies. In addition, JCT aims to strengthen healthcare organizations' service quality management, promote harmony in the relationship between healthcare providers and patients, and enhance the nation's healthcare quality. 

Main Services

【Core Businesses】

I. To perform the research, planning, and execution related to healthcare organization accreditation, certification, and inspection commissioned by the Ministry of Health and Welfare.

II. To assist in conducting healthcare service quality assessment and accreditation.

III. To create and monitor a national database on healthcare service quality by establishing a quality indicator system;

IV. To organize education and training activities to assist healthcare professionals' training.

V. To assist and guide healthcare organizations in their quality management and improvement efforts.

VI. To publish books, journals, guidance, and promotional materials to advocate for healthcare quality improvement.

VII. To facilitate and organize healthcare quality improvement activities.