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• News Release  - Joint Commission Alert: Prevent Technology-Related Health Care Errors
• Sentinel Event Alert - Issue 42: Safely implementing health information and converging technologies

Biographies:

• Mark R. Chassin, MD - President, The Joint Commission
• Ronni Solomon, JD,  Executive Vice President and General Counsel, ECRI Institute

Additional Resources:

• What is a Sentinel Event Alert?
• Applicable Joint Commission standards
• Related Sentinel Event Alerts
  • Issue 15: Infusion pumps: Preventing future adverse events - 11/30/00
  • Issue 25: Preventing ventilator-related deaths and injuries - 2/26/02
  • Issue 33: Patient controlled analgesia by proxy - 12/20/04:
  • Issue 36: Tubing misconnections-a persistent and potentially deadly occurrence - 4/3/06:
  • Issue 38: Preventing accidents and injuries in the MRI suite - 2/14/08