Besides influencing your metabolism, your thyroid gland also plays a role in regulating blood calcium levels through another hormone called calcitonin. Calcitonin has the effect of lowering blood calcium.
The Joint Commission (TJC) is a United States-based nonprofit tax-exempt 501(c) organization that accredits more than 20,000 health care organizations and programs in the United States.n 1987, the company was renamed the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO, pronounced Jay-co). In 2007, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations underwent a major rebranding and simplified its name to The Joint Commission.
A Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) is a group of health quality experts, clinicians, and consumers organized to improve the care delivered to people with Medicare.he QIO Program is an important resource in CMSâs effort to improve quality and efficiency of care for Medicare beneficiaries. Throughout its history, the Program has been instrumental in advancing national efforts to motivate providers in improving quality, and in measuring and improving outcomes of quality.