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Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2, Issue 12

Inside Accreditation and Quality, December 2020

November 30, 2020
Accreditation, CMS, COVID-19, Environment and Facilities, Joint Commission, Maternity care, Patient Safety

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Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2, Issue 12

Understanding the TJC requirements for maternal patient safety

November 2, 2020
Accreditation, Maternity care, Quality Improvement, Survey Preparation

The steadily climbing maternal mortality rate in the U.S. has (appropriately) attracted a great deal of media attention over the last few years.

Figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that the rate has more than doubled since 1987, reaching an alarming high...

Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2, Issue 12

Q&A: Reducing maternal mortality with a focus on education, preparedness

November 2, 2020
Accreditation, Joint Commission, Maternity care, Survey Preparation

Delayed six months by the coronavirus pandemic, two new maternal health standards by The Joint Commission (TJC) will finally go into effect as of...

Accreditation Insider

Understanding the new Joint Commission requirements for maternal patient safety

August 4, 2020
Joint Commission, Maternity care

The steadily climbing maternal mortality rate in the U.S. has (appropriately) attracted a great deal of media attention over the last few years.

Figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that the rate has more than doubled since 1987, reaching an alarming high...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 21, Issue 5

Top 10 patient safety concerns for 2020

April 21, 2020
Behavioral health, Environment and Facilities, Maternity care, Medical Error Prevention, National Patient Safety Goals, Patient Safety, Quality Improvement

While all the headlines have been (justifiably) about the 2019 novel coronavirus, healthcare providers must keep in mind that it isn’t the sole danger to patients. Missed diagnoses, maternal health complications, and behavioral health problems remain as constant risks to patient safety in the U....

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 21, Issue 4

The Joint Commission seeks to reduce maternal deaths

March 23, 2020
Joint Commission, Maternity care, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures

The Joint Commission (TJC) has issued guidance and an alert to hospitals to help prevent what it calls a shocking number of women who die from typically preventable pregnancy complications.

The accreditation agency in October 2019 released...

Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2, Issue 1

TJC to focus on how hospitals prevent obstetric hemorrhage, treat severe hypertension

December 16, 2019
Joint Commission, Maternity care, Patient Safety

Obstetric hemorrhage and severe hypertension are the two focus areas of the requirements that will come online in July 2020

Accreditation Insider

CDC report finds 3 in 5 pregnancy-related deaths are preventable

May 14, 2019
Maternity care, Patient Safety, Quality Improvement

A new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report found that pregnancy-related deaths can occur up to a year after a woman gives birth. But no matter when they occur, the agency says about three in five pregnancy-related deaths could be prevented.

Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 29, Issue 4

Joint Commission: Test pregnant women for HIV and syphilis before childbirth

April 1, 2018
Maternity care

On July 1, 2018, The Joint Commission will implement three new elements of performance (EP) for maternity care. The announcement, which came in the latest R3 Report, is intended to reduce the risk of transmitting diseases like HIV and syphilis from mother to newborn.

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 18, Issue 10

How to prevent maternal mortality

October 1, 2017
Maternity care, Patient Safety

Maternal mortality is a measure of how many mothers die from pregnancy-related complications while carrying or within 42 days after birth. And in most of the developed world, this number has fallen to historic lows.

But not in the U.S., where the maternal mortality rate (MMR) has grown 2....

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