A look at The Joint Commission

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• Stemming the tide of violence
• Surgeons as second victims: Clinicians may experience trauma after adverse events
• Joint Commission now citing individual hand hygiene failures
• Joint Commission publishes 2018 National Patient Safety Goals
• Study shows postimplementation audits lead to improved enhanced recovery pathway compliance
• Are handoff communications a common problem for your OR team?
• Joint Commission details new pain assessment, management standards in R³ Report
• Noise and distractions in the OR can affect patient, staff safety
• The Joint Commission releases new measures for hip and knee replacement operations
• Improper sterilization and high-level disinfection of equipment challenges organizations
• Joint Commission releases data on challenging requirements for OBS practices
• Time-outs and their role in improving safety and quality in surgery
• Leadership is crucial to establishing safety culture, reducing adverse events
• New resources for surgeons to obtain true informed consent
• The Joint Commission clarifies stance on secure text messaging of patient care orders
• Joint Commission now offering Comprehensive Cardiac Center Certification
• Annual report provides details on patient safety, quality improvements
• Cognitive biases can lead to serious patient safety events
• Ernest Amory Codman Award honoree furthers quality improvement mission
• Workplace bullying is a real problem in health care