The Chief of Staff, Chief of Medicine, President of the Governing Body, and most departmental managers have already completed CQI training. Unfortunately, the hospital administrator has not been to training, refuses to get involved with CQI, and refuses to let the administrative departmental staff get training.

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The refusal of the hospital administrator to participate in CQI and denying training to administrative staff violates Joint Commission standards and goes against the philosophy of continuous quality improvement. The Joint Commission expects involvement from all staff, both clinical and administrative, in CQI efforts.