Comprehensive Accreditation Manual for Home Care

2008 Edition
Ring-bound: 730 pages
Size: 9 " x 11.2"
ISBN 1599401274
9781599401270
JCAHO
January 2008
Price: $265.00
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Published by JCAHO, this Comprehensive Accreditation Manual for Home Care (CAMHC) includes everything a home care organization needs for continuous standards compliance and operational improvement. CAMHC is the all-in-one resource for home care organizations striving to improve their processes and maintain a state of continuous standards compliance.

The CAMHC thoroughly explains JCAHO’s accreditation process; includes newly revised standards, rationales, and elements of performance; provides scoring information; provides updated policies and procedures; and explains the new accreditation decision process.

The Comprehensive Accreditation Manual for Home Care (CAMHC) includes the requirements for accreditation, with clear grids throughout the manual that denote applicability to each standard and element of performance, for the following the home care accreditation service segments:

Home health
Personal care and support services
Pharmacy dispensing services
Long term care pharmacy services
Freestanding ambulatory infusion services
Home medical equipment
Clinical respiratory services
Rehabilitation technology services

In addition, the CAMHC includes:

new and revised standards, rationales, elements of performance and scoring changes
changes resulting from the new accreditation process, including Periodic Performance Review, priority focus process and tracer methodology issues
revisions to policies and procedures, including Sentinel Events
revisions to the decision process
revisions to the performance measurement requirements
access to all home 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 edition of CAMHC to the current edition of CAMHC
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
and much more

The CAMHC thoroughly explains the current accreditation process, lists newly reformatted standards, rationales, elements of performance, scoring, and includes updated accreditation policies and procedures so home care organizations will have the information they need to maintain continuous standards compliance. Understand all the components of Shared Visions – New Pathways and be prepared for their implementation with the CAMHC.

In addition, this manual contains requirements related to The Joint Commission's accreditation process; a chapter with the National Patient Safety Goals specific to home care; and new emergency management standards.

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.

(information provided by the publisher)

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