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While suicide overall often has been in the top sentinel events, this breakdown includes two categories that split suicide events into those involving an inpatient and events involving a patient within 72 hours of discharge.
A new EPA regulation banning the sewering of hazardous waste pharmaceuticals that goes into effect August 21.
A co-author of new guidelines for bariatric surgery says more patients, clinicians, and payers should embrace...
Conducting a sepsis screening during emergency medical service transport to an emergency department reduces time to treatment.
We sent the first of the combined IAQ and PSMJ roundups yesterday, August 5, with the subject line AQCC Roundup (IAQ and PSMJ)- August 2019.
Leapfrog is promoting a nine-point Never Event Policy to help health systems and hospitals address catastrophic medical errors.
The Joint Commission (TJC) this week issued a new Sentinel Event Alert (SEA #61) warning of the risks to patients...
Under the proposed rule hospitals would have to make their 'real, negotiated prices known to patients.'
On July 24, The Joint Commission (TJC) released free materials as part of its Speak Up to Prevent Falls campaign.
What’s changed in 2019, and what hospitals can do to meet expectations and avoid immediate jeopardy? ...
