| Subject: | JCAHO Adds Statement of Rationale to Standard PC.2.20 for Hospitals Effective January 1, 2006 |
| Category: | The Joint Commission (TJC)
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| Published: | Mon, 29 Aug 2005 - 10:00 am |
| In the CAMH Update, August 3, 2005, JCAHO added a statement of rationale to Standard PC.2.20.
Rationale for PC.2.20 states that a complete patient assessment incorporates information from multiple sources that include the patient, patient's family, other patient caregivers as applicable, medical jewelry, paper and/or electronic documents and databases that the patient may belong to.
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