Treatment delays and wrong patient/wrong site/wrong procedure errors were the most frequently reported sentinel events in 2013, according to The Joint Commission’s Sentinel Event Database. ...

The Joint Commission has added new clarifications to storage requirements for medical gas cylinders....

The Joint Commission explains how it developed its new National Patient Safety Goal on clinical alarm safety....

New Joint Commission revisions to hospital standards have been made to align with CMS effort to reduce unnecessary requirements....

CMS develops Conditions of Participation (CoP) that healthcare organizations must meet to participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. According to CMS, these health and safety standards are t...

The Joint Commission now requires that accredited organizations complete or request extensions for any Plans for Improvement that exceed the projected completion date by more than six months....

Fill in the blank: Patients are to be informed about unanticipated outcomes of care by ____________ or ________________....

The Joint Commission’s international branch met in June with delegates from China’s healthcare system to discuss quality initiatives in the US, health reform priorities, and potential for ...

It was a simple mistake she's still ashamed she made, but luckily when Elizabeth Butler, BA, a fourth-year medical student at the University of Massachusetts, took the stitches out of the wrong woman,...

True or False: Only tertiary care hospitals are required to have written policies and procedures on the handling of specimens that are taken/removed during surgery....