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Joint Commission and NQF Reveal 2024 Eisenberg Award Honorees

The Joint Commission and NQF have announced the 2024 Eisenberg Award recipients, recognizing national, local, and individual achievements in patient safety and healthcare quality.

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Tackling Bias and Inequities in Healthcare

Two studies highlighted by The Joint Commission focus on improving handoff communication and integrating equity into root cause analysis to reduce adverse events in healthcare.

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Joint Commission, NQF, Announce Eisenberg Award Winners

The 2023 John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Awards recognized recipients for innovations in patient safety and quality improvement, including initiatives such as the Surgical Pause by the Veterans Health Administration and a statewide quality improvement collaborative in Michigan.

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Joint Commission and NQF Reveal 2024 Eisenberg Award Honorees

The Joint Commission and NQF have announced the 2024 Eisenberg Award recipients, recognizing national, local, and individual achievements in patient safety and healthcare quality.

Joint Commission Releases Data on Adverse Healthcare Events

Apr 10, 2023

The Joint Commission has released its Sentinel Event Data 2022 Annual Review which revealed that falls were the most prevalent sentinel event type, with failures in communications, teamwork, and consistently following polices being the leading causes for reported sentinel events.

Joint Commission Elevates Healthcare Equity Standard to National Patient Safety Goal

Jan 11, 2023

The Joint Commission’s new National Patient Safety Goal aims to spotlight healthcare equity as a patient safety and quality priority.

The Joint Commission Publishes Safety Recommendations to Address Diagnostic Errors

Oct 26, 2022

Reducing diagnostic errors (such as missed, delayed or wrong diagnoses) is a major challenge for...

FirstLight Home Care Names The Joint Commission as National Provider of Accreditation and Certification Services

Sep 29, 2022

Home healthcare company FirstLight Home Care has named The Joint Commission as its national provider of accreditation and certification services.

Joint Commission Official Statement on Standards Review

Sep 15, 2022

The Joint Commission has announced the beginning of a review of all organization “above-and-beyond” requirements—those that go beyond the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Conditions of Participation (CoPs) and are not on crosswalks to the CoPs.