A look at The Joint Commission 
Improving professionalism among physicians and surgeons(0)
Strategies for monitoring and minimizing stressors that can lead to unprofessional behavior are outlined in this month’s column, including promoting peer accountability and support.
Joint Commission resources available to detect, prevent workplace violence
The Joint Commission’s Workplace Violence Prevention Resources, including assessment tools to recognize aggressive patient behavior, are outlined in this month’s column.
Revisiting To Err Is Human 20 years later
This month’s column examines the seminal report To Err Is Human, published two decades ago by the National Academy of Medicine, within the context of modern day, quality-related challenges.
New Speak Up campaign focuses on patients’ rights
A new Speak Up campaign educates individuals on patient rights and how to be their own best advocates.
Retained foreign bodies and wrong site surgery continue to be a challenge
This month’s article identifies the two most frequently reported types of sentinel events for the first half of 2019: foreign bodies and wrong site surgery.
More in this category
- JAMA Surgery “Viewpoint” misrepresents Joint Commission’s role in the opioid epidemic
- Joint Commission to start reporting on high rate of C-sections, adds new standards
- Retained foreign bodies: Can we stem the tide?
- 2018 Eisenberg Award winners include Society of Thoracic Surgeons
- Pediatric hospital uses postoperative care bundle to reduce SSIs in cardiac patients
- Joint Commission focuses on strategies to detect, prevent drug diversion
- Study aims to improve handoff process to stem incidence of workplace violence
- Joint Commission reinstates individual physician mechanical thrombectomy volume eligibility requirement
- Sentinel Event Alert focuses on developing a reporting culture by learning from close calls
- Study on value of accreditation falls flat on methodology, patient focus
- Joint Commission case example addresses wrong site surgery
- Collaboration to improve quality of total hip and total knee replacement programs
- Examining rapid response system treatments in the elderly patient population
- Surgeons well-positioned to champion high reliability
- Joint Commission changes how it assesses safety culture
