JCAHO offers pain resource
Joint Commission Resources, a subsidiary of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) in Oakbrook Terrace, IL, recently released Pain Assessment and Management: An Organizational Approach.
The publication provides an overview of the organization’s new pain management standards, along with examples of implementation from organizations with successful pain assessment and management approaches. The book helps health care organizations identify and overcome barriers to pain assessment and management and anticipate how pain management will be integrated into JCAHO’s performance measurement and survey process.
The book costs $35. Order code: PAM-100EM. Order by calling the JCAHO customer service center at (630) 792-5800 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. CDT, Monday through Friday. Or go to Infomart on the Joint Commission’s Web site at www.jcaho.org.
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