Starting in 2011, Joint Commission surveyors will begin looking at—but not scoring—new standards for patient-centered communication. These standards were approved in December 2009 and published to the field for review the following January.
In patient safety and quality, there is no shortage of data and information that needs to be gathered from an inpatient stay. Data are collected for compliance with federal quality-of-care measures, federal and state patient safety indicator and event tracking, accreditation, professional...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 21, Issue 11
True or false: The safety officer has the authority to take immediate action if he/she feels that there is a safety concern that poses an immediate threat to patients, employees, or visitors.
The Joint Commission’s Center for Transforming Healthcare (CTH) has announced the second in its series of solutions for top healthcare challenges: hand-off communication.
Except for some minor changes, The Joint Commission has announced that there will be no other updates to the 2011 National Patient Safety Goals (NPSG).
True or false: When preparing to administer blood or blood products, it is important to use a two-person verification process to ensure that the correct patient is getting the correct product.
In order to comply with changes to CMS Conditions of Participation for hospitals regarding who may order respiratory services, The Joint Commission has implemented changes to...
