This September, The Joint Commission posted an infographic on “high-quality hand-offs.” The infographic is a companion to the accreditor’s Sentinel Event Alert (SEA) 58 on inadequate...

The handles on the box springs of patient beds in residential areas. The caulking along the wall of otherwise-solid grab bars in showers. Any loops that might hold mattresses onto a bed frame. All of ...

Two weeks after The Joint Commission confirmed that its engineering department director would be leaving the organization, a Chicago-based professional services firm proudly announced him as a new hir...

Officials at the Utah hospital where a nurse was arrested in July for refusing to draw blood from an unconscious patient say such incidents will never occur again, according to The Salt Lake Tribune. ...

Editor's Note: Click the PDF button above for a full edition of the September 2017 edition of Patient Safety Monitor Journal Diagnosing human trafficking when a patient is a victim There’s an es...

The Joint Commission will delete performance improvement standard PI.02.01.03 and its single element of performance on January 1, 2018. The standard had required facilities to receive a composite pe...

The Joint Commission confirmed Thursday afternoon that a key figure in standards interpretation for the healthcare accrediting organization will be departing this fall....

Despite all the time, money, and energy spent on improving healthcare quality and value, there is no “overarching concept” or consistent definition of what constitutes a “high-perfor...

Remind nurses and other clinicians to remain alert for medication errors, including mislabeled products, and empower them to say something if they suspect a problem. After a customer complaint, C.O. ...

In a new article in the Annals of Internal Medicine, two Joint Commission executives wrote “the criteria for assessing whether outcome measures are accurate and valid enough to use for public re...