Joint Commmission Releases 2015 Sentinel Event Statistics
Last week, The Joint Commission released its sentinel event statistics for 2015. Of the 936 sentinel events reported last year, the most common were unintended retention of a foreign body (116), wrong-site/wrong-side/wrong procedure surgery (111), falls (95), and suicides (95). Read More | Patient Testmonials lead to HIPAA Breach A California-based physical therapy practice has agreed to a corrective action plan and a $25,000 fine to settle allegations that it disclosed protected health information as part of a video testimonial campaign. Read More | Six Professional Schools Provide Team-Based Learning The University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus approaches interprofessional education in a manner that mimics the reality of working on an interprofessional team. To prepare students to work in a field that requires coordination across many different disciplines, the University of Colorado takes advantage of the diversity at its health sciences campus by bringing together students from six professional schools in one interprofessional course.
Read More | Alarm Management Compliance Shifts into Second Gear For the last two years, healthcare organizations have been working to comply with the first phase of The Joint Commission's alarm management National Patient Safety Goal (NPSG). As of January 1, 2016, they'll have to contend with the second phase as well. Read More | Sponsored Webcast: Gatorounds and the Rothman Index - Applying Championship Athletic Principles to Patient Safety When UF Health needed a game plan to better align all members of its healthcare team, they opted to take a page from the University of Florida Gators' athletics championship playbook and developed Gatorounds, a multidisciplinary approach to medical rounds that focuses on enhanced clinician communication to more efficiently and safely provide patient care. UF Health took it one step further and added PeraHealth's Rothman Index to the game plan.
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