With The Joint Commission’s mandate to improve management of alarms now in effect, hospitals are now going all out to inventory their systems. To establish alarm management as an organizational priority, top hospital leadership must set the tone.
Read MoreThe annual Winter Meeting of the Virginia Biomedical Association will be held on Friday, February 7, at the Wintergreen Resort. The featured speaker at the event is Joseph Flannery, MS, MHA, discussing new developments at The Joint Commission.
Read MoreThe National Quality Forum and The Joint Commission have announced the recipients of the 2013 John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Awards. Winners will be recognized February 13, 2014, in Washington, DC.
Read MoreThe Joint Commission has posted an overview of the 2014 National Patient Safety Goals on its website, covering topics from clinical alarm safety and patient identification to medication safety and hospital-related infections.
Read MoreThe Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare and the Patient Safety Movement Foundation are joining forces to hold a summit on eliminating preventable deaths in US hospitals by 2020. The event will be held January 11-13 in California.
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