This area reflects an evaluation of the processes the hospital uses to prescribe, prepare, dispense, and administer medications. Whether medications prescribed for patients produce the desired results is not evaluated. We do not evaluate the actual outcomes of various surgical procedures. This area reflects an evaluation of how the hospital ensures that special treatment procedures are safe and appropriate. Such procedures include restraint, seclusion, convulsive therapy, psychosurgery, and behavior modification.
Surveyors also assess whether qualified staff evaluate the patient and approve the procedures.