| Subject: | TJC Seeks Comment on Candidate Measures for Assessing and Treating Tobacco, Alcohol and Other Drug Use Dependence |
| Category: | The Joint Commission (TJC)
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| Published: | Tue, 8 Sep 2009 - 06:00 am |
| The Joint Commission (TJC) is seeking public comment on candidate measures for assessing and treating tobacco, alcohol and other drug use dependence for all hospitalized patients. The goals of the candidate measures are to: Strengthen the currently endorsed smoking cessation and counseling measures Expand the population to all applicable patients Broaden the scope of the measure set to include alcohol and other drug use and dependence The eight candidate measure address screening and assessment... The full article is available to StayAlert subscribers. Click here for a free trial subscription. |
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