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Comparison of TIER and JCAHO 2008 CAMH Standards 2

Many Sequest Technologies’ behavioral health and addictions clients are accredited by JCAHO. These clients want to be sure that use of TIER® can facilitate achievement and maintenance of compliance with the JCAHO Accreditation Manual for Hospitals (CAMH). The 2008 CAMH standards are organized according to four patient-focused Functions, five organization functions and two structures with functions. The patient-focused functions include:

• Ethics, Rights, and Responsibilities (RI)
• Provision of Care, Treatment and Services (PC)
• Medication Management (MM)
• Surveillance, Prevention and Control of Infection (IC)

The organization functions include:

• Improving Organization Performance (PI)
• Leadership (LD)
• Management of the Environment of Care (EC)
• Management of Human Resources (HR)
• Management of Information (IM)

The two structures with functions include:

• Medical Staff (MS)
• Nursing (NR)

The CAMH standards address three essential leadership responsibilities: planning, management and control. Organizations are expected to implement both long-range and short-range planning that encompasses requirements of the CAMH functions. The TIER® Workflow System manual is designed to be linked with portions of an organization’s Plan for Provision of Care to assist organizations with development of their continuum of care, service design and service delivery process. The manual describes the service delivery function as well as the human resources, environmental management and quality management functions. In addition, plan outlines are provided for development of the environmental management components required by JCAHO.