Substance Abuse Program Accreditation Guide
- Elizabeth D. Brown - Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations and Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
- Timothy J. O'Farrell
- Stephen A. Maisto - Syracuse University, New York, USA
- Karen Boies-Hickman - Department of Veterans' Affairs
- Richard Suchinsky
May 1997 | 248 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
This practical guidebook is designed to support staff and administrators of substance abuse treatment programmes in their efforts to comply with the 1995 complete revision of accreditation standards by the Joint Commission on Accreditation on Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO), in the United States. The new standards encompass a broad scope of areas from patient care to organizational elements. The authors thoroughly explain the accreditation standards, offer clear suggestions for programmes and centres to meet those standards, and illustrate specifically what happens in the accreditation process.
PART ONE: PATIENT-FOCUSED FUNCTIONS
Elizabeth D Brown, Stephen A Maisto and Karen Boies-Hickman
Patient Rights, Responsibilities and Organizational Ethics
Elizabeth D Brown and Karen Boies-Hickman
Continuum of Care
John Gillick et al
Assessment of Patients
Elizabeth D Brown et al
Care of Patients
Elizabeth D Brown, Stephen A Maisto and Karen Boies-Hickman
Education
PART TWO: ORGANIZATIONAL FUNCTIONS
Timothy J O'Farrell et al
Improving Organizational Performance
Elizabeth D Brown et al
Leadership
Elizabeth D Brown and Stephen A Maisto
Management of the Environment of Care
Elizabeth D Brown and Paul P Block
Management of Human Resources
Elizabeth D Brown and Stephen F Gibson
Management of Information
Robert G Hallett, Elizabeth D Brown and Karen Boies-Hickman
Surveillance, Prevention, and Control of Infection
PART THREE: PULLING IT TOGETHER
Sigmund Hough and Elizabeth D Brown
The Human Side of Preparing for the Accreditation Visit