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Joint Commission details how to comply with fire safety requirements

June 9, 2015
Environment and Facilities

The Joint Commission offered some tips on how to maintain fire extinguishing equipment, an area that is perennially on the list of most-cited standards.

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Blog excerpt: Briefings on The Joint Commission feedback survey

June 2, 2015
Infection Control

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Study: Readmissions to ED are on the rise and costly

June 2, 2015
Quality & Errors

A new study found that return visits to the emergency department (ED) have doubled and are more costly than initial ED visits.
 

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Joint Commission clarifies accreditation decision process

June 2, 2015
Accreditation & Survey Preparation

The Joint Commission has revised its accreditation decision process for hospitals undergoing initial surveys.

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 16, Issue 6

Social media plays a role in quality care, even if you don't know it

June 1, 2015
Quality & Errors

Mass General researchers reveal the importance of social media presence and its impact on quality care and patient safety initiatives

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 16, Issue 6

Reducing patient falls: Two healthcare systems, two different approaches

June 1, 2015
Patient Safety

As patient falls continue to plague healthcare facilities of all shapes and sizes, health systems in Georgia and Nebraska share their success stories

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 16, Issue 6

How do nurses interact with medical devices?

June 1, 2015
Patient Safety

Hospital rooms contain an increasing number of medical devices that don't talk to one another, which some say is a growing patient safety problem

Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 26, Issue 6

ISMP guidelines for standard order sets

June 1, 2015
Accreditation & Survey Preparation

The Joint Commission has turned its attention?or rather, turned its attention back to?the ever-evolving world of healthcare information technology in its latest Sentinel Event Alert (SEA #54), released at the end of March. The Joint Commission previously addressed information technology in...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 16, Issue 6

What do the TUG robots do?

June 1, 2015
Patient Safety

Two San Francisco hospitals share their experiences with a fleet of robots that ­collect trash, deliver food, and pick up drugs and lab samples

Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 26, Issue 6

Briefings on the Joint Commission, June 2015

June 1, 2015
Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Early reports of first-quarter survey experiences are starting to trickle in, and, according to some sources and organizations already surveyed by The Joint Commission this year, things are a little different.

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