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Emergency Management Standard EM.03.01.03 Revisions

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R3 Report Issue 27: New and Revised Standards for Child Welfare Agencies

R3 Report Issue 26: Advanced Total Hip and Total Knee Replacement Certification Standards

R3 Report Issue 25: Enhanced Substance Use Disorders Standards for Behavioral Health Organizations

R3 Report Issue 24: PC Standards for Maternal Safety

R3 Report Issue 23: Antimicrobial Stewardship in Ambulatory Health Care

R3 Report Issue 22: Pain Assessment and Management Standards for Home Health Services

R3 Report Issue 21: Pain Assessment and Management Standards for Nursing Care Centers

R3 Report Issue 20: Pain Assessment and Management Standards for Behavioral Health Care

R3 Report Issue 19: National Patient Safety Goal for Anticoagulant Therapy

R3 Report Issue 18: National Patient Safety Goal for Suicide Prevention

R3 Report Issue 17: Distinct Newborn Identification Requirement

R3 Report Issue 16: Pain Assessment and Management Standards for Office-Based Surgeries

R3 Report Issue 15: Pain Assessment and Management Standards for Critical Access Hospitals

R3 Report Issue 14: Pain Assessment and Management Standards for Ambulatory Care

R3 Report Issue 13: Revised Outcome Measures Standard for Behavioral Health Care

R3 Report Issue 12: Maternal Infectious Disease Status Assessment and Documentation Standards for Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals

R3 Report Issue 11: Pain Assessment and Management Standards for Hospitals

R3 Report Issue 10: Housing Support Services Standards for Behavioral Health Care

R3 Report Issue 9: New and Revised NPSGs on CAUTIs

R3 Report Issue 8: New Antimicrobial Stewardship Standard

R3 Report Issue 7: Eating Disorders Standards for Behavioral Health Care

R3 Report Issue 6 - Memory care accreditation requirements for nursing care centers

R3 Report Issue 5: Alarm System Safety

R3 Report Issue 4: Patient Flow Through the Emergency Department

R3 Report Issue 3: Influenza Vaccination

R3 Report Issue 2: CAUTI

R3 Report Issue 1: Patient-Centered Communication

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Establishing a Pain Management Program in Your Health System

Initially offered on October 10, 2018

Presenters discuss experiences with setting up programs to encourage safe prescribing of opioids and reduce opioid-related deaths.

Safer Pain Assessment and Management in Acute Care Hospitals

Initially offered on January 15, 2019

Presenters address non-opioid approaches to pain management and treatment of opioid use disorder in the community hospital setting.

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