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Once Again, Safety Issues Top List of Most-Cited TJC Standards
Released in the April issue of Perspectives, the list covers the top Joint Commission requirements that surveyors found to be noncompliant most often during 2018.
 

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Envision Develops Portal for Patient Handoff Best Practices
During the transition between care providers, the potential for patient harm grows due to the transfer of inaccurate, incomplete, delayed, misinterpreted, or otherwise unhelpful information about the patient’s condition.
Get Ready for New Joint Commission Suicide Prevention Standards
The added emphasis on suicide comes at a time of national concern about suicides in hospitals and is meant to complement the “Zero Suicide” campaign, an effort by several outreach groups to eliminate suicide in healthcare facilities nationwide, according to Joint Commission literature.
Crisis Communication: 10 Tips for Hospitals to Prepare for a Disaster
Several hospital leaders with firsthand experience in crisis management shared insights on how to address communication issues—a core element of emergency preparedness—in a discussion I moderated at the annual Voalte User Experience conference.
 

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Thursday, 4/11 - IHI Summit on Improving Patient Care

Thursday, 4/25 - ABQAURP's 42nd Annual Health Care Quality and Patient Safety Conference

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Wednesday, 5/15 - 2019 IHI Patient Safety Congress
 

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Patient Handoffs: Stop Errors and Improve Compliance

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