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The Joint Commission’s National Patient Safety Goal: Advancing Health Equity

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Becker's ASC

Patient Safety Tool: Einstein Healthcare Network’s National Patient Safety Goals Poster

The Einstein Healthcare Network offers a series of free, downloadable posters designed to help healthcare providers achieve National Patient Safety Goals established by The Joint Commission. The ...
Becker's ASC

Joint Commission Announces 2010 National Patient Safety Goals

The Joint Commission has announced its 2010 National Patient Safety Goals for its Ambulatory Care Accreditation Program. Although no new goals have been developed for 2010, accredited organizations ...
Becker's Hospital Review

Patient safety goals at US News’ top hospitals

At some of the nation’s top hospitals, patient safety and quality leaders are exploring strategies to reduce hospital-acquired infections while testing AI capabilities in healthcare. In July, US News ...
USA Today

Patient safety awareness focus of new report as preventable medical errors kill thousands

Patient safety likely remains the nation's third leading cause of death and addressing it needs to be a key national priority, a presidential panel said this week. The panel released a report ...
Becker's Hospital Review

Patient safety goals at the top-ranked hospitals for nurses

Patient and staff safety goals are top of mind for many nurse leaders, with hospital-acquired infections and fall prevention being two of the most common measures leaders are tackling. In August, ...
MedPage Today

Joint Commission Includes Nurse Staffing in Updated Hospital Performance Goals

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 ...
Fierce Healthcare

Three Ways Patient Education Improves Safety and Quality of Care

It’s a family’s nightmare: a car accident. It happened to one pediatrician and his child. The pediatrician was okay, but his young daughter complained that her head hurt, so they went to the ER. While ...
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Patient safety at WAMC is top priority

FORT BRAGG, N.C --Patient safety is a top priority for Womack Army Medical Center (WAMC), whose staff play a vital role in ensuring the safety of patients, visitors, and other staff members. To ...
JSTOR Daily

Is it enough to set national patient safety goals? An empirical evaluation in Taiwan

International Journal for Quality in Health Care, Vol. 23, No. 4 (August 2011), pp. 420-428 (9 pages) Objective. In 2004, the Taiwan Department of Health set the national patient safety goals. To date ...
JD Supra

Health Equity Elevated to a Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goal

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 ...