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Ligature risk trumps fire safety says Joint Commission
Tuesday, December 17, 2019
 

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Will you create TJC’s next Emergency Preparedness poster?

Selected posters will be exhibited at the Emergency Management Standards Base Camp on April 21, and at the 2020 Emergency Preparedness Conference  on April 21 and 23.

IHI Looks to Expand ‘Age-Friendly’ Health Systems

The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) has joined with the nation’s major hospital associations to expand a program that promotes and recognizes providers of “age friendly” care.

Medical Malpractice Rate Dropped Over 10-Year Period

When looking at the number of defendants per 100 physicians, the steepest decline was in OB-GYN claims with a 44% drop over 10 years.

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Newsletter Articles

Fire safety may trump ligature risk, but surveyors likely will want both
Source: Inside Accreditation & Quality

The Joint Commission’s (TJC) newest engineering director, Herman A. McKenzie, MBA, CHSP, told hospital leadership that life safety (LS) trumps ligature risk. But be prepared to not have a choice.

TJC to focus on how hospitals prevent obstetric hemorrhage, treat severe hypertension
Source: Inside Accreditation & Quality

Obstetric hemorrhage and severe hypertension are the two focus areas of the requirements that will come online in July 2020

Revisiting The Joint Commission’s drug diversion advice, resources amid growing opioid epidemic
Source: Patient Safety Monitor Journal

10% of healthcare workers in the U.S. are abusing drugs of some sort.

Five strategies to improve opioid use disorder care in hospitals
Source: Patient Safety Monitor Journal

A new report provides five system-level strategies with specific initiative examples for hospitals to improve prevention, identification, and treatment of opioid use disorder.

 

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