Level: Beginning
Prerequisite: None
Cost: $210 (nonmember, $260)
Attendance Maximum: 25

Instructor(s): Susan Schweinsberg Long, AHIP, library director, Medical Library, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA, and Janet Cowen, AHIP, director of library services, Maine Medical Center-Portland

Offered: Saturday, May 20, 1:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.

Take this class for an understanding of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) Standards for information management and their implications for hospitals and health care organizations. Participants will learn the key issues related to providing and managing knowledge-based information (KBI) to support the environment of care, quality, and patient safety. The class highlights the "Shared Vision-New Pathways" initiative, including the tracer survey process, and the 2003 standards consolidation. Using scenarios, case studies, and group discussion, participants will clarify the library's role in maintaining organizational JCAHO compliance.