The Joint Commission has updated its sentinel event statistics webpage with the latest statistics as well as some significant improvements to the way the information is presented.
In a January report, the British Medical Journal (BMJ) found that patients who fall out of bed often do not receive adequate care, including delay in diagnosis, failure to record neurological observations, and delay in-urgent surgery.
The Joint Commission has opened for field review a proposed requirement intended to establish performance expectations for ORYX accountability measures in hospitals.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced a new rule for hospital inpatient value-based purchasing that plans to give monetary incentive for hospitals to meeting and exceed quality and safety measures, and is also intended to make care safer by reducing medical...
