title: 1997 Joint Commission on Health Care Organizations home care standards: what's new?
abstract: Even though there are no new home care standards for 1997, there are some changes in the standards' interpretations and documentation expectations. Not all of the new interpretations are stricter interpretations. In fact, most of the new 1997 standards interpretations are more flexible. New interpretations for other problematic home care standards will be addressed in future columns.
authors.affiliation: Home Health Systems, Inc., Marietta, Georgia, USA.
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Friedman
mesh_terms: D006699:Home Care Services / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D008370:Manuals as Topic / Q000592:standards