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1. Certification Participation Requirements (Section I), which outline specific requirements for participating in certification and maintaining a certification award
2. Standards related to providing patient care (Section II)

• Eligibility Requirements, including a new JCI Clinical Practice Guidelines Process with a focus on the following five categories:

1. DISEASE: Identification of the program’s disease, target population and scope of services
2. SCIENCE: Identification of the clinical practice guidelines related to the disease and its care, treatment, and services for the target population
3. EVALUATE: Program leader(s) evaluation of clinical practice guidelines
4. APPROVAL: Program leader(s) and interdisciplinary committee members approval process for clinical practice guidelines adoption
5. REPEAT: Annual review of clinical practice guidelines and consideration of new evidence

• Summary of changes serves as a tracking guide for the changes made since the 3rd edition
• Certification Participation Requirements (CPRs)
• Chapter titles to differentiate certification standard requirements from accreditation standard requirements
• Chapter overviews describing the focus of each chapter
• Standards list serves as a reference for the numbering of standards and the topics covered
• Updated and new references providing evidence and support for key topics in the standards
• Detailed explanations throughout the Intent Statements to provide organizations with key information about the application of the standards and measurable elements to clinical care practices.

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