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'Alarm fatigue' reduction efforts underway by FDA, Joint Commission
Desensitization to alarms on medical devices continues to be a problem for hospitals throughout the United States, so much so that both the Food and Drug Administration and The Joint Commission are
'Alarm fatigue' reduction efforts underway by FDA, Joint Commission
Desensitization to alarms on medical devices continues to be a problem for hospitals throughout the U.S., so much so that both the Food and Drug Administration and The Joint Commission are ramping up
Joint Commission, CDC use QR-codes to educate patients
Industry members and regulators are taking patient education mobile with a QR-code-based campaign. Created by health supplies company Kimberly Clark, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
Big, teaching hospitals missing from Joint Commission top-performers list
Although the Joint Commission's top-performers list honored 405 hospitals for successfully delivering evidence-based care, it also served as a warning to larger hospitals and academic medical
Joint Commission names top-performing hospitals in quality
In a first-of-its-kind attempt to encourage better quality care, The Joint Commission has recognized 405 hospitals as top performers for achieving excellence on measures of quality care in its annual
Joint Commission releases new method to prevent wrong-site surgery
The Joint Commission on Friday announced a Robust Process Improvement methodology to assess risk points and contributing factors of wrong-site, wrong-side, and wrong patient surgery as part of a
Preventing wrong-site surgery requires hospital, physician support
Wrong-site surgery occurs 40 times a week in U.S. hospitals and clinics, according to The Joint Commission, reports Kaiser Health News, in collaboration with The Washington Post, and those figures
Patient's death brings focus to recurring problems with critical alarms
The death of a patient at Massachusetts General Hospital last month, after a heart monitor was turned off, has sparked an internal investigation by the hospital, and brings to light a growing
CMS approves Joint Commission's hospital deeming authority
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services this week determined that the Joint Commission may continue to to hold deeming authority for hospitals through at least 2014. The Joint Commission has
Mark Chassin - 9 People to Watch in Healthcare
Name: Mark Chassin Location: Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois Profession: President of The Joint Commission Fast facts: Prior to becoming president of The Joint Commission, Chassin served as the Edmond A.
