The 2004-2005 Standards Manuals for Home Care service-specific standards books enhance understanding of accreditation requirements and streamline compliance efforts by including only the home care standards applicable to one of the following four categories: Home health, personal care, and support services Hospice Dispensing pharmacy, long term care pharmacy, clinical/consultant pharmacist, and freestanding ambulatory infusion services Home medical equipment, clinical respiratory services, and rehabilitation technology services Each manual contains all the standards, rationales, and elements of performance (EPs) tailored to your specific services. It also includes a comprehensive standard and element of performance applicability grid so that you can easily note which standards and EPs relate to your service-specific segment. The manuals are perfect for home care organizations that provide only one type of service or for distribution to service-specific segments of home care organizations providing multiple services. The new home care standards books also contain New streamlined format for standards, rationales, and elements of performance New Provision of Care, Treatment, and Services, and Medication Management, standards chapters New chapter on Shared Visions, New Pathways, JCAHO's new accreditation process for 2004 Revised accreditation policies and procedures to include changes from Shared Visions, New Pathways Revised and revamped Accreditation Participation Requirements chapter to include new requirements related to Shared Visions, New Pathways and JCAHO's National Patient Safety Goals Detailed crosswalks highlighting standards changes from 2003 to the reformatted standards for 2004 - 2005

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