Article: The Joint Commission issued a Sentinel Event Alert emphasizing the need for more involvement from healthcare administrators and other authority figures to.(Regulatory Update)

Article: MRI safety addressed in Sentinel Event ...
FOCUS: Journal for Respiratory Care & Sleep Medicine;  July 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... This resulted in The Joint Commission releasing a Sentinel Event Alert entitled "Preventing ... htm This Sentinel Event Alert is the latest release in the Sentinel Event Alert series that The Joint Commission began in February ...

Article: JCAHO sentinel event alert: wrong site surgery ...
AORN Journal;  January 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... to a sentinel event alert issued Dec 5, 2001, by the Joint Commission on Accreditation ... In a sentinel event alert to approximately ... about the sentinel event alert issued by JCAHO ... ssmonline.com. Joint Commission Issues Alert ...

Article: Aspect Medical Systems Announces the Issuance of a Joint ...
Business Wire;  October 7, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... ASPM) today announced that the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare ... JCAHO) has issued a new Sentinel Event Alert (issue no. 32) aimed at preventing ... this patient safety issue." The Joint Commission is the nation's predominant ...

Article: News from the Joint Commission: behaviors that ...
FOCUS: Journal for Respiratory Care & Sleep Medicine;  September 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ...The Joint Commission released its 40th Sentinel Event Alert on July 9, 2008. Entitled "Behaviors that undermine ... clinicians in positions of power. This issue led The Joint Commission to focus on disruptive physician behavior several years ...

Article: The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare ...
McKnight's Long-Term Care News;  March 1, 2006 ;     467 words ...The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations issued a sentinel event alert urging healthcare providers to accurately and completely compare drug orders with the actual medication taken at every transition of care to avoid errors.

Article: AANA and ASA Team with JCAHO on Sentinel Event ...
AANA Journal;  November 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... to a Sentinel Event Alert released Oct. 6, 2004, by the Joint Commission on Accreditation ... support. Sentinel Event Alert Joint Commission on Accreditation ... 2004 Sentinel Event Alert is published for Joint Commission accredited ...

Article: MRI safety is the focus of new Sentinel Event ...
HealthCare Benchmarks and Quality Improvement;  August 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... focus of new Sentinel Event Alert The Joint Commission has issued a Sentinel Event Alert on preventing accidents ... click on "Sentinel Event Alert," "Issue 38 - February ... been reported to The Joint Commission's Sentinel Event database ...