Comprehensive Accreditation
Manual for Laboratories and Point-of-Care Testing (CAMLAB) JCAHO
2008 Edition Softcover: 440 pages
ISBN 1599401282
9781599401287
JCAHO
December 2007
Price $265.00 (Amazon's prices are always less than, or equal to, JCAHO's
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This manual features everything
an organization needs for continuous standards
compliance for laboratory and point-of-care testing.
Comprehensive Accreditation Manual
for Laboratory and Point-of-Care Testing (CAMLAB). includes everything an ambulatory care
organization needs for continuous standards compliance and ongoing
performance improvement in an integrated format. CAMLAB thoroughly explains Joint
Commission's accreditation process; lists newly revised standards,
rationales, and elements of performance; and includes updated
policies and procedures.
All chapters have been revised to incorporate the Shared
Visions–New Pathways initiative and standards and elements of
performance changes since the previous CAMLAB.
Features of the CAMLAB include the following:
An updated Quality Report chapter,
with a sample report
Information about the Joint
Commission's unannounced survey process
All chapters have been revised to incorporate the Shared
Visions–New Pathways initiative and standards and elements of
performance changes since the previous CAMLAB
Updated information about
accreditation policies and procedures, including the Sentinel
Event Policy
A new chapter with the Joint Commission’s National Patient
Safety Goals
for laboratories
Up-to-date Joint Commission accreditation policies and
procedures
A Standards Applicability Grid that allows ambulatory
organizations to see, at a glance, those standards which apply
to the services they offer
A standards crosswalk for
laboratories and point-of-care testing services that wish
to use Joint Commission accreditation to qualify for Medicare
reimbursement
All changes from the previous
CAMLAB Subscription Update Service, including all standards,
elements of performance, and scoring changes
The CAMAC's own crosswalk between the previous
standards and current year standards that takes the guesswork out
of where and in what way compliance changes and improvements
have occurred
This manual features everything a
laboratory needs for continuous standards compliance. Focus your organization on continuous compliance with the help of
the CAMLAB!
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mission is to
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public through the provision of health care accreditation and
related services that support performance improvement in health care
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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.
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