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Article: COMPASS Treatment Assessment System Included on First List of Acceptable Performance Measurement Systems by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.
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- February 19, 1997
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KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.--(BW HealthWire)--Feb. 19, 1997--The COMPASS(R) Treatment Assessment System, a behavioral health outcomes and decision support system that measures progress in behavioral health treatment as it occurs, has been found by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) to meet the criteria for inclusion in JCAHO's accreditation process and is included on the Joint Commission's first list of acceptable systems.
Hospitals, long term care organizations and integrated delivery systems will be required, no later than Dec. 31, 1997 to select a measurement system from this identified group of measurement systems for ...