Showing posts with label Joint Commission. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Joint Commission. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Changes to Alarms Helps Reduce Noise Fatigue, Protect Patients

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A new study aims to address reports of alarm fatigue, which have plagued nursing staff and contributed to negative health outcomes for patie...
Thursday, December 5, 2013

Joint Commission Guidelines for Preventing Bloodstream Infections Emphasize Role of Nurses

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Guidelines and a toolkit released this week by the Joint Commission highlight the key role nurses play in preventing central line-associat...
Friday, March 1, 2013

Transitions of Care: The need for collaboration across entire care continuum

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The Joint Commission enterprise is in the first year of a three-year initiative to define methods to achieve improvement in the effectivenes...
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Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Hospitals' Approach to Quality Care

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Kaiser Health News recently reported that the Joint Commission has released their annual report announcing which hospitals have excelled at...
Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Joint Commission: New Advanced Certification for Palliative Care

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The Joint Commission has announced that their new Advanced Certification Program for Palliative Care will be available as of September 1, 20...
Monday, September 27, 2010

Joint Commission Annual Report Shows Big Improvements for Hospital Care

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The Joint Commission released its annual report last week which showed great improvements in the quality of care being delivered to patients...
Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Joint Commission: Updated List of Top 10 Sentinel Events

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Last week, The Joint Commission released their newest figures for sentinel event reporting. Their organization has reviewed 6,923 sentinel e...
Friday, January 15, 2010

Evidence-based treatments have improved care quality, Joint Commission says

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This week, Victoria Forlini wrote a piece for FierceHealthcare , explaining the way that the Joint Commission says that evidence-based pract...
Thursday, August 27, 2009

Joint Commission Sentinel Event Alert - "Leadership Committed to Safety"

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Issue 43, August 27, 2009 In a Sentinel Event Alert released today, the Joint Commission urges health care leaders to take a stronger role...
Friday, August 14, 2009

Nursing Care Quality in Acute Care Hospitals: New Linkages to Patient Outcomes

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Dr. Arlyss Anderson Rothman and Dr. R. Adams Dudley present their INQRI project: "Nursing Care Quality in Acute Care Hospitals: New Lin...
Thursday, August 6, 2009

Measuring How Nurses Contribute to Patient Safety and Health Care Quality

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Update from RWJF on the Joint Commission's Work In 2007 and 2008, the Joint Commission tested specifications for 15 "nursing sens...
Thursday, January 8, 2009

Study Finds Failure to Include Nurses in Process of Admitting Errors to Patients, Families

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Need for team approach to disclosing medical mistakes shown OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill., Jan. 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Even though nurses rou...