Patient Education: Meeting the Standards Video

A comprehensive video demonstrating must know elements for successful compliance with the JCAHO Patient/Family Education Requirements.

Your staff will learn:

• The regulatory body requirements for educating your patient population
• How to promote and achieve healthy behavior on behalf of the patient
• How to prioritize specific patient education needs
• The importance of the assessment process related to patient education
• How best to encourage the patient and family in the learning process
• Optimal allocation of educational resources
• How to formulate patient education goals
• Key processes that lead to optimal patient/family education
• Implementation and evaluation of an organizationwide patient education program
• How best to demonstrate compliance with these regulatory body requirements for patient education
• Types of patient education information that will be requested and examined during your next JCAHO accreditation survey

The patient education video contains all necessary information to educate your healthcare staff about their responsibilities and the JCAHO requirements for educating the patient population about:

• Planning and Coordinating Education Activities
• Designing Educational Processes
• Assessing the patient's ability and readiness to learn
• Pain management
• Nutritional Interventions
• Medication Use
• Medical Equipment Use
• The Patient's Responsibilities While in the Hospital
• Self-Care Activities
• When Academic Education must be Provided for Adolescents and Children
• Evaluating the Patient's Understanding of Education Provided
• Evaluating the Organizational Education Efforts and their Effectiveness

Patient Education: Meeting the Standards Video and Workbook can be used to train and educate all current clinical care providers and new hires about the JCAHO patient education requirements related to each discipline. The video and workbook also becomes a terrific tool for continued education and annual updating of staff!

Learn what surveyors look for when assessing for patient and family education at your facility.

Witness actual staff/surveyor discussions and see for yourself exactly what types of questions surveyors will ask of your staff.

Find out what the surveyor will want to see documented in the medical record related to patient and family education.

Take the worry out of this "hot topic" survey issue. By viewing this video and using the helpful workbook included, you will increase staff knowledge and comfort levels while building survey confidence! Knowing what the surveyors expect to see and hear related to patient and family education throughout your institution, can guarantee accreditation success in this area!!!