The Joint Commission has released its annual report summarizing data on 49 accountability measures reported by more than 3,300 Joint Commission-accredited hospitals in 2014. This year, 31.5% of accredited facilities qualified as a Top Performer, indicating excellent performance on accountability measures for conditions such as heart attack, heart failure, and pneumonia.
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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As large numbers of HTM professionals retire over the next decade, there will be new openings for younger biomeds to move into management. But these days, making that shift requires more than just being a good technician and shop leader. You now need to start planning your advancement as soon as you start in your current position—or even before.
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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.
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Insufficiently processed endoscopes have risen to first place on ECRI Institute’s 2016 list of the top health technology hazards, bumping alarm hazards, the previous placeholder for at least 3 years running, to second place.
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