Quality & Errors

The 30-day mortality rate for these high-risk patients was 15.9% at major teaching hospitals, compared with 18.2% at non-teaching hospitals.Read More »

To reach compliance goals of 90% or higher, systems need to measure 100% of all hand hygiene events. Read More »

It turns out the doctor doesn’t always know best—at least not when it comes time to hang up the scalpel.Read More »

Surgical staplers are the top medical technology hazard for...Read More »

Anne Marie Benedicto, MPP, MPH, vice president of The Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare, speaks about the...Read More »

Check with your state health department or board of pharmacy to see if you must still comply with the requirements under USP chapter <800> ...Read More »

Two million providers say they don’t have the resources to achieve zero harm Read More »

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USP announced this week that it would be delaying the implementation of three new and revised chaptersRead More »

Available to Joint Commission surveyors and accredited ASCs, the reports are designed to help spur conversations about data, performance measures...Read More »