Editor's Note
The Joint Commission on August 12 released its sentinel event statistics for the first half of 2020. From January 1 through June 30, the Joint Commission reviewed 437 sentinel events.
The most frequently reported events were in the following categories:
Though COVID-19 has presented challenges for healthcare organizations, the number of sentinel events was comparable to 2019, the Joint Commission says.
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