for The Joint Commission addresses common communication challenges you face with the kind of guidance only a former Joint Commission accreditation specialist can provide. Filled with practical strategies, case studies and tools, this useful guide and companion CD-ROM provide everything you need to understand how to comply with The Joint Commission's National Patient Safety Goal #2E. Hand-Off Communication: Practical Strategies and Tools for JCAHO Compliance explains The Joint Commission s requirements and offers clear advice for compliance. The book explores many of the problems and challenges you face during the hand-off process, developing a policy and implementing it, and identifies the resources you ll need to meet the surveyor scrutiny. Through FAQs, case studies, and helpful tools, Hand-Off Communication: Practical Strategies and Tools for JCAHO Compliance provides a comprehensive resource for hand-off methods and strategies. From cutting-edge methodologies like SBAR (situation-background-analysis-response) to time-saving tips using techniques already employed, this timely how-to book offers a variety of compliance guidance for any size organization on this critical National Patient Safety Goal.

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