Editor's Note
The Joint Commission on February 28 announced the update of its sentinel event statistics for 2017.
Of 805 reports reviewed, the Top 10 events most frequently reported included:
The Joint Commission has collected a total of 13,688 sentinel event reports from January 1995 through 2017, an estimated fewer than 2% of all sentinel events.
Joint Commission Online Weekly Newsletter
Every year, OR Manager shines a light on staffing issues…
For many in the healthcare industry, imagining surgery without onsite…
Asking who, what, why, when, where, and how—otherwise known as…