Power failures, fires, floods, industrial accidents, cyberattacks—disasters such as these can put both health care organizations and their patients at risk. A new Quick Safety advisory from The Joint Commission provides healthcare organizations with risk factors, safety recommendations, and research on how to continue operations during an emergency.
Read MoreSylvia Garcia-Houchins, MBA, RN, CIC, has joined The Joint Commission as its new director of infection prevention and control in the Division of Healthcare Improvement. Garcia-Houchins is responsible for the oversight of infection prevention and control initiatives at The Joint Commission.
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The Joint Commission announces that it has updated its online Emergency Management Resources portal with new resources to help health care organizations in preparing, planning, and responding to disasters such as hurricanes, tornadoes, active shooter situations, and cyberattacks.
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The Joint Commission has issued a new Sentinel Event Alert during Workplace Violence Awareness Month to help health care workers in hospitals and other health care settings recognize violence from patients and visitors, become prepared to handle it, and more effectively address the aftermath. To help address these contributing factors, the alert provides seven actions suggested by The Joint Commission.
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The recipients of this year’s John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Awards include a network of children’s hospitals that has saved an estimated 10,000 children from harm and a large health system that has achieved a more than 60% decrease in hospital-acquired patient harms.
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