Betty, here is a link to the Joint Commission's revision of core
measures of perinatal care to now include measures of exclusive
breastfeeding:
http://www.jointcommission.org/PerformanceMeasurement/PerformanceMeasurement/Perinatal+Care+Core+Measure+Set.htm
In addition, the US Breastfeeding Committee has this helpful document
which explains the changes:
http://www.usbreastfeeding.org/Portals/0/Coalitions/2010-NCSBC/BTT-Handouts/BTT-29-Handout.pdf
Sara Dodder Furr, MA, LLLL, IBCLC
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> Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2010 17:27:53 -0400
> From: Betty Guerrero <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: JCAHO
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> Can someone send to the list the JCAHO Breastfeeding Initiative? Thank you.
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