title: Home care agency implements pain management procedures.
abstract: Pain management was an often overlooked aspect of health care until 2000, when the JCAHO included standards for assessing and managing pain in its accreditation criteria. Hospitals, home care agencies, nursing homes, and other organizations suddenly found themselves with a large need to educate employees and patients about effective pain management techniques.
mesh_terms: D000068:Accreditation; D018574:Home Care Agencies / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D008404:Massachusetts; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D059408:Pain Management; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D014481:United States