As the health care industry’s most comprehensive library of customizable policy and procedure templates, MCN Healthcare’s Hospice Policy and Procedure Manual includes this customizable template, Standards of Care and Practice. MCN’s policy library helps you meet compliance with Joint Commission and federal regulations including CMS, CDC, OSHA, OIG, HIPAA and more.

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Here is some sample content from Standards of Care and Practice:

	PURPOSE: To establish guidelines by which standards of care and practice are determined and met. POLICY: Hospice has identified and defined the acceptable standards of care and practice within the standards set forth in this policy. In addition, policies and procedures defined in this manual serve as additional standards of care and practice. DEFINITION: Standards of care are defined as levels of excellence established by a profession to be used as a comparison in measuring the quality of care. Standards, therefore, are statements describing patient/client care outcomes and/or...
Second excerpt:
	...Ongoing assessments should determine if the standards of care continue to be appropriate to patient, family or caregiver needs. Standards of care and practice guidelines should guide the interventions that are implemented. The following standards of care and practice are available for use in planning the care of the Hospice patient. State Nurse Practice Act Professional Association member standards Use of standards of care and practice will be evident in the documentation of...