title: Unravel pain standards for higher compliance.
abstract: Since implementation in 2000, the Joint Commission has made minor--yet intricate--changes to its new pain standards to gain higher compliance.
authors.forename: Carole H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Patterson
mesh_terms: D019983:Guideline Adherence; D006801:Humans; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D010146:Pain / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D010346:Patient Care Management / Q000592:standards*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D014481:United States