title: New hospice accreditation manual released by ACHC.
abstract: The 2003 release of the Hospice Accreditation Manual is now available from the ACHC. This article examines changes made in the manual and survey process and highlights a few of the new standards found in the Hospice Interpretive Guide to Standards for Accreditation.
authors.affiliation: Accreditation Commission for Health Care, Raliegh, NC 27612, USA. ghslevi@mindspring.com
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Levi
mesh_terms: D000068:Accreditation / Q000592:standards*; D006738:Hospices / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D014481:United States