PatientEDU’s Patient Education helps to meet JCAHO’s Elements of Performance for PC.6.10, items 1 & 3 and Standard PC.6.30 as well as Elements of Performance for PC.6.30.
Excerpt from JCAHO Provision of Care, Treatment, and Services1
“... Elements of Performance for PC.6.10
1. M
Education provided is appropriate to the patient's needs. …
3. M
As appropriate to the patient's condition and assessed needs and
the hospital's scope of services, the patient is educated about the following:
- The plan for care, treatment, and services
- Basic health practices and safety
- The safe and effective use of medications
- Nutrition interventions, modified diets, or oral health
- Safe and effective use of medical equipment or supplies when provided by the hospital
- Understanding pain, the risk for pain, the importance of effective pain management, the pain assessment process, and methods for pain management
- Habilitation or rehabilitation techniques to help them reach maximum independence possible …
Standard PC.6.30
The patient receives education and training specific to the patient's abilities
as appropriate to the care, treatment, and services provided by the hospital.
…
Elements of Performance for PC.6.30
M Education
provided is appropriate to the patient's abilities.
M Education is coordinated among the disciplines
providing care, treatment, and services.
M The
content is presented in an understandable manner.
M Teaching
methods accommodate various learning styles.
M Comprehension is evaluated. …”
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1 This chapter is a compilation of the former "Assessment of Patients," "Care of Patients," "Education," and "Continuum of Care" chapters. |