National Suicide Prevention Week is September 10-16, bringing awareness to the 10th leading cause of death in the United States. This week is a time for physicians, nurses, and other providers to learn more about how their healthcare organizations can help suicidal patients.
This September, The Joint Commission posted an infographic on “high-quality hand-offs.” The infographic is a companion to the accreditor’s Sentinel Event Alert (SEA) 58 on inadequate handoff communications and its effect on patient care. Transferring a patient’s care between providers is major...
The handles on the box springs of patient beds in residential areas. The caulking along the wall of otherwise-solid grab bars in showers. Any loops that might hold mattresses onto a bed frame. All of those and more have been cited as potential ligature risks by The Joint Commission and CMS...
Two weeks after The Joint Commission confirmed that its engineering department director would be leaving the organization, a Chicago-based professional services firm proudly announced him as a new hire.
George Mills, MBA, FASHE, CEM, CHFM, CHSP, who worked 14 years for...
Officials at the Utah hospital where a nurse was arrested in July for refusing to draw blood from an unconscious patient say such incidents will never occur again, according to ...
In May, The Joint Commission issued clarifications on its 2012 Life Safety Code® (LSC)–related requirements for fire doors, fire drills, and emergency department (ED) occupancy. Here’s a look at the four clarifications and what they mean.
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 28, Issue 9
In healthcare, the words “Immediate Jeopardy” carry roughly the same meaning as “my brakes aren’t working,” “why is the tiger enclosure empty?” and “Vesuvius is rumbling really loudly today.”
In other words, something has already gone wrong and you have to move very quickly to stop it...
