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The Joint Commission disseminates "sentinel event alerts" identifying specific sentinel events, their underlying causes, and steps to prevent recurrence. [5] Further nursing research is ongoing at a number of "magnet" hospitals in the United States, especially to reduce the number of patient falls that may lead to sentinel events.
In addition, the Joint Commission created a "do not use" list of abbreviations [52] in 2004 to avoid acronyms and symbols that lead to misinterpretation. Identifying sentinel events and analyzing the root causes has been a focus of TJC since 1996; the first eight alerts were published in 1998. The Commission defines a sentinel event as "any ...
On April 18, 2013, the Joint Commission issued a sentinel event alert that highlighted the widespread problem of alarm fatigue in hospitals. Their recommendations included establishing guidelines to tailor alarm settings, training all members of the clinical team on safe use of alarms, and sharing information about alarm-related incidents. [4]
The Joint Commission Goal 2 states that "ineffective communication is the most frequently cited root cause for sentinel events, [3]" and requires that hospitals "implement a standardized approach to hand-off communications, including an opportunity to ask and respond to questions". [4]
The Tennessee Justice Center (TJC) is a non-profit [1] [3] public policy advocacy organization [2] and law firm based in Nashville, Tennessee.It was established in 1996 to represent approximately 1.3 million Tennessee low-income families by helping shape public policy [2] and through class action lawsuits.
MELBOURNE, Australia and INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 28, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Telix Pharmaceuticals Limited (ASX: TLX, Nasdaq: TLX, Telix, the Company) today announces it has completed the acquisition of RLS (USA) Inc. (RLS; RLS Radiopharmacies), America’s only Joint Commission-accredited radiopharmacy network distributing PET 1, SPECT 2 and therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals.
The National Patient Safety Goals is a quality and patient safety improvement program established by the Joint Commission in 2003. The NPSGs were established to help accredited organizations address specific areas of concern in regards to patient safety. [1] [2]
A sentinel surveillance system is used to obtain data about a particular disease that cannot be obtained through a passive system such as summarizing standard public health reports. Data collected in a well-designed sentinel system can be used to signal trends, identify outbreaks and monitor disease burden, providing a rapid, economical ...