The Joint Commission recently shared seven patient safety goals for hospitals to focus on in 2021. Every year, the organization gathers new evidence on emerging patient safety issues to inform its ...

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A leading nurse organization applauded the Joint Commission's latest hospital performance goals, which elevated the issue of nurse staffing and linked it to patient safety. In a press release, the ...

The Joint Commission adds 8 new patient safety goals for ASCs in 2023 The Joint Commission, which accredits health organizations that meet criteria for patient quality and safety nationwide, has added ...

Reports of serious patient safety events among healthcare facilities in 2022 rose 19% from 2021 with falls, the most common such event, rising nearly 27%, according to data reported to The Joint ...

Joint Commission educational resources. The Joint Commission frequently offers satellite video training on the NPSGs. Many institutions treat these as town hall sessions and invite everyone—residents, ...

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Reddit Share on LinkedIn Share via Email FORT JOHNSON, La. — Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital celebrates Patient Safety Awareness Week Mar. 10-18, at the ...

Patient falls at U.S. hospitals rose significantly last year as potentially deadly “sentinel events” increased during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a April 4, 2023 report from The Joint ...

Starting July 1, 2023, The Joint Commission (TJC) will set health equity as a National Patient Safety Goal for certain TJC-accredited organizations and roll out a new Health Care Equity certification ...