The Joint Commission’s latest roundup of sentinel event statistics found that unintended retention of foreign objects, patient falls, and suicide topped the list of most-reported events in 2014.
Every year, CMS releases an annual financial report. Within that report, the agency provides a review of Medicare's oversight of accrediting organizations. It has become a Briefings on The Joint Commissiontradition to take a look at what CMS finds, as well as how The Joint...