Comprehensive Accreditation
Manual for Behavioral Health Care (CAMBHC)
Joint Commission on the
Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
2008 Edition 3-Ring Binder: 538 pages
Size: 12.5" x 11.8"
ISBN 159940124X
9781599401249
JCAHO
November 2007
Price: $265.00 (Amazon's prices are always equal to, or less than, JCAHO's
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Published by JCAHO, this Comprehensive Accreditation Manual for
Behavioral Health Care (CAMBHC) includes everything a
behavioral health care organization needs for continuous
standards compliance and operational improvement in an integrated
format.
The CAMBHC thoroughly explains the new
accreditation process, lists newly reformatted standards,
rationales, elements of performance, scoring, and includes updated
accreditation policies and procedures. Each standard applies specifically to behavioral health care
organizations. The CAMBHC features:
new and revised standards,
rationales, elements of performance and scoring changes
information about The Joint
Commission's unannounced survey process
details regarding the Joint
Commission Quality Report
changes resulting from the new
accreditation process, including Periodic Performance Review,
priority focus process and tracer methodology issues
revisions to the performance
measurement requirements
revisions to the decision process
an important chapter regarding the
current year's National Patient Safety Goals
revisions to policies and
procedures, including the Sentinel Event Policy
separate chapters with standards,
elements of performance, and scoring information applicable only
to foster care and opioid treatment programs
access to all behavioral health care information in one
integrated accreditation resource
a self-assessment component to help organizations gauge their
compliance with standards and elements of performance
detailed crosswalks showing standards changes from the
previous editions to the current CAMBHC
a new user-friendly design, with three-ring binder with tabs
for easy access to each section of the manual and plenty of
space in the margins for note taking
an updated standards applicability table, allowing
organizations to recognize at a glance which standards apply to
the services they offer
an updated glossary that defines key terms as they are used in
the manual
You may
view an excerpt of this manual here:
sample pages.
JCAHO's
mission is to
continuously improve the safety and quality of care provided to the
public through the provision of health care accreditation and
related services that support performance improvement in health care
organizations. The
Joint Commission is an independent, not-for-profit organization,
established more than 50 years ago. Joint Commission is governed by
a board that includes physicians, nurses, and consumers. Joint
Commission sets the standards by which health care quality is
measured in America and around the world. The
Joint Commission evaluates and accredits more than 15,000
health care organizations and programs in the US. An independent, not-for-profit organization, the Joint Commission
is the nation's predominant standards-setting and accrediting body
in health care. Since 1951, the Joint Commission has maintained
state-of-the-art standards that focus on improving the quality and
safety of care provided by health care organizations. The Joint
Commission's comprehensive accreditation process evaluates an
organization's compliance with these standards and other
accreditation requirements.
