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The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organization's (JCAHO) 2005 standards are a continuation of the sweeping changes the accreditor made to its survey processes and standards in 2003 with the adoption of the National Patient Safety Goals (NPSG) and the introduction of Shared Visions-New PathwaysT in 2004.