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Facts about Speak Up™ Initiatives

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The Joint Commission’s award winning Speak Up™ program urges patients to take an active role in preventing health care errors by becoming involved and informed participants on their health care team.

Related Topics: Patient Rights, Speak Up, Patient Safety Fact Sheets, Patient Safety, General Public, Fact Sheets

05/21/2013

Facts about Pain Management

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It is estimated that in the United States more than 76 million people suffer from pain. Pain can be chronic or acute, such as post-surgical pain.

Related Topics: Patient Safety Fact Sheets, Pain Management, Standards, Speak Up, Fact Sheets

02/27/2013

Facts about the Patient Safety Advisory Group

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In April 2002, The Joint Commission appointed a panel of widely recognized patient safety experts to advise it on the development of Sentinel Event Alert, The Joint Commission’s patient safety newsletter. At that time, the panel was named the Sentinel Event Advisory Group.

Related Topics: Patient Safety Fact Sheets, Advisory Group Fact Sheets, Patient Safety

01/18/2013

Facts about patient safety

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The Joint Commission is committed to improving health care safety. This commitment is inherent in its mission to continuously improve health care for the public, in collaboration with other stakeholders, by evaluating health care organizations and inspiring them to excel in providing safe. . .

Related Topics: Patient Safety, National Patient Safety Goals, Fact Sheets, Sentinel Event, Speak Up, Universal Protocol, Patient Safety Fact Sheets

01/18/2013

Ambulatory Health Care, Hospitals, Critical Access Hospitals, Office-Based Surgery

Facts about the Universal Protocol

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The Joint Commission Board of Commissioners originally approved the Universal Protocol for Preventing Wrong Site, Wrong Procedure and Wrong Person Surgery™ in July 2003, and it became effective July 1, 2004 for all accredited hospitals, ambulatory care and office-based surgery facilities.

Related Topics: Fact Sheets, Ambulatory Health Care, Critical Access Hospital, Hospital, Patient Safety Fact Sheets, Wrong Site Surgery, Universal Protocol

01/03/2013

Facts about patient-centered communications

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Effective communication is critical to the successful delivery of health care services.

Related Topics: Health Literacy, Hospital, Language, & Culture , Patient Safety, Fact Sheets, Patient Safety Fact Sheets, Speak Up

07/05/2012

Hospitals, Critical Access Hospitals

Facts about the Official “Do Not Use” List of Abbreviations

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In 2001, The Joint Commission issued a Sentinel Event Alert on the subject of medical abbreviations, and just one year later, its Board of Commissioners approved a National Patient Safety Goal...

Related Topics: Patient Safety Fact Sheets, Fact Sheets, Patient Safety

06/28/2012

Ambulatory Health Care, Hospitals, Critical Access Hospitals, Behavioral Health Care, Laboratory Services, Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Office-Based Surgery, Home Care

Facts about the National Patient Safety Goals

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In 2002, The Joint Commission established its National Patient Safety Goals (NPSGs) program; the first set of NPSGs was effective January 1, 2003. The NPSGs were established to help accredited organizations address specific areas of concern in regards to patient safety.

Related Topics: Patient Safety Fact Sheets, CAUTI, Ambulatory Health Care, Behavioral Health Care, Critical Access Hospital, Patient Safety, Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, National Patient Safety Goals, Hospital, Laboratory Services, Home Care

06/22/2012

Facts about Quality Check® and Quality Reports®

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The Joint Commission has a longstanding commitment to providing meaningful information about the comparative performance of accredited organizations to the public.

Related Topics: Quality Check, Quality Report, Patient Safety Fact Sheets, Fact Sheets

07/06/2011

Facts about special quality awards listed in Quality Reports®

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Quality Reports? provide an overview of the performance of a Joint Commission accredited or certified health care organization based on its demonstration of compliance with The Joint Commission’s...

Related Topics: Fact Sheets, Patient Safety Fact Sheets, Quality Report

07/01/2010

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