The Joint International Commission (JCI) has as its primary mission to improve the quality of international healthcare. The Joint Commission has been committed to improving the quality and safety of patients in health care services for more than 75 years. Today the Joint Commission is the world's leading accreditation body for Hospital Facilities and inspects more than 19,000 healthcare organizations and services in the United States and internationally through a voluntary accreditation process. JCI is based in the United States, was founded in 1994 and is present in more than 90 countries.