In healthcare, leadership’s failure to create an effective safety culture is a contributing factor to many types of adverse events, according to a new Sentinel Event Alert issued by The Joint Commission. The alert provides actions and resources to help healthcare organizations establish and continuously improve upon key components of safety culture.
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To recognize hospitals that demonstrate excellence in cardiac care, The Joint Commission is now offering Comprehensive Cardiac Center (CCC) Certification. CCCs may achieve the certification by demonstrating a combination of compliance with consensus-based standards, effective integration of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines, and an organized approach to performance measurement and improvement.
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With catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) ranking as a common healthcare-associated infection, the Joint Commission has released a new report explaining its new National Patient Safety Goal on CAUTIs for nursing care centers. The Joint Commission also published an updated goal for critical-access hospitals and other healthcare institutions.
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Many in the HTM community had questions about changes to Joint Commission standards slated for 2017. So we asked around for clarification from the Joint Commission’s own George Mills, as well as other biomedical experts. Don’t miss out on this timely—and informative—article, which will appear as our February cover story.
Read MoreThe Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare welcomes David Grazman, PhD, as its new engagement director, effective immediately. In this leadership position, Grazman will oversee business development of the center’s offerings including Robust Process Improvement (RPI) training for healthcare organizations and providers, focused on creating sustainable solutions to some of healthcare’s most critical quality and safety problems.
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