title: JCAHO begins surveying for new pain standards.
abstract: New pain assessment and management standards instituted by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations will become a part of surveys conducted this year, and could be part of the Joint Commission scores for hospitals and other agencies beginning in 2001. This month, we provide a run-down of what those standards include.
mesh_terms: D006764:Hospitals, Community / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D010146:Pain / Q000188:drug therapy*; D010147:Pain Measurement; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States