New and revised examples of implementation, illustrating practical strategies for behavioral health care organizations, have been added. This allows users to quickly see how standards have been recast, moved or deleted from the new edition of the manual. The second crosswalk provides a detailed look at scoring cap changes. The manual also contains a new Appendix and the Standards Applicable Grid, that allows organizations to see, at a glance, those standards that apply to the services they offer.
Information is included on both foster care and methadone treatment.
In addition to the comprehensive manual, Joint Commission Resources is also publishing 2001-2002 Standards for Behavioral Health Care . New this year is a chapter detailing the Joint Commission's Sentinel Event Policy.