In February, the Joint Commission named Ronald M. Wyatt, MD, as the organization’s first-ever patient safety officer. The position reflects the Joint Commission’s commitment to promoting safe and high ...
In 2023, patient falls were once again the most common sentinel event reported by healthcare organizations, according to a May 15 report from The Joint Commission. The Joint Commission defines a ...
Joint Commission and the National Quality Forum (NQF) today announced they are aligning Joint Commission's Sentinel Events (SE) List and NQF's recently updated Serious Reportable Events (SRE) List, ...
OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare is introducing its Reducing Sepsis Mortality Targeted Solutions Tool (TST)®, a web-based application to ...