title: Patient education: a guide for success.
abstract: The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) standards call for a more holistic approach to patient education. Health care professionals can coordinate their efforts by developing a patient-education guide. The guide, a supplement to staff-patient interaction, can give patients information on many conditions and stages of care.
authors.affiliation: Raritan Bay Medical Center in Old Bridge, N.J., USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Palmerini
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Jasovsky
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D013664:Teaching Materials