Some of 24×7’s top stories this year weren’t even from 2015. We look back at some of our most popular stories from 2014 and before, including salary surveys, Joint Commission proclamations, CBET study support, and technology insights.
Read MoreTo help hospitals meet The Joint Commission’s National Patient Safety Goal on clinical alarms, the AAMI Foundation has released a toolkit, the Clinical Alarm Management Compendium, offering knowledge, experience, and advice from leading practitioners.
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The Joint Commission’s deadline for implementing Phase II of the National Patient Safety Goal on clinical alarm management is approaching January 1, 2016. In this month’s Soapbox, Clarice Balconi-Lamica of the Greater Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Medical Center shares how her facility assembled a core decision-making team to tackle the issue.
Read MoreOn September 28, 2015, The Joint Commission issued a Sentinel Event Alert focused on preventing patient falls. According to the organization, since 2009 it has received 465 reports of patient falls with injuries; about 63% of those events resulted in death.
Read MoreKopp Development Inc, a manufacturer of ferromagnetic detectors for MRI Safety, has announced a new partnership with the service company SteelHorse Medical LLC to accommodate a dramatic increase in sales. SteelHorse will help ensure compliance with The Joint Commission, GMPs, and factory specifications of Kopp’s ferromagnetic detectors for MRI safety.
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