Assuring Continuous Complicance with Joint Commission Standards: A Pharmacy Guide [With CDROM]

By Patricia C. Kienle and Lee B. Murdaugh

In today's complex and rapidly changing world of compliance, you can't afford to be left behind. The 8th Edition of Assuring Continuous Compliance with Joint Commission Standards: A Pharmacy Guide, can help keep you up to speed.
It's the only book to cover all the latest major accreditation standards, including the Joint Commission. Inside you'll find: Updated chapters on the Joint Commission's survey process and National Patient Safety Goals, such as Medication Management standards (which includes new icons to identify performance elements that require documentation) A new chapter on the NIAHO (DNV) survey process and standards Updated chapters on CMS medication-related regulations, including key medication issues, as well as HFAP standards The 8th Edition includes the new numbering system and most current text, revised examples of forms and documents and an expanded, more complete index for easier search capabilities. What's more, the authors put this latest data into context with compliance strategies you can use in your everyday practice. Even More Easy-to-Use, Hands-On Tools This unique guide includes a companion CD with more than 50 example forms and documents you can easily customize and put to use at your organization. By completing the Yes/No checklists for each Element of Performance, you'll be able to prepare action plan documents to guide your pharmacy's continuous compliance efforts. It's yet another way this valuable guide helps make continuous compliance simple, streamlined and effective - and helps your hospital be ready for anything.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1585282421
• ISBN13: 9781585282425
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
• Length: 469 Pages
• Weight: 2.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.4" x 10.8"