The Joint Commission released a simplified breakdown of eight patient safety goals for hospitals in 2024.
Patient Safety & Outcomes
Two new federal studies found no significant evidence of brain injury among more than 80 patients with ''Havana syndrome," The Washington Post reported March 18.
Some physicians are expressing concern that regulation around remote monitoring has not caught up with the boom of use in the last two years, KFF Health News reported March 18.
Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare has taken numerous steps to embed safety work into daily operations across its 186 hospitals, Karla Miller, PharmD, the system's chief patient safety officer, wrote in a March 15 blog post.
In November, CMS placed a Penn Medicine hospital in immediate jeopardy for five hours after a possible preventable death. The corrections were published in late February.
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Only 4% of 346 surveyed hospitals fully met recommended discharge practices for patients identified as at risk for suicide, according to a study conducted by The Joint Commission.
People who live in areas where primary care provider shortages are more severe are at higher risk of requiring emergency surgery, according to new findings from a study led by researchers at Michigan Medicine in Ann Arbor.