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Hospital employees' perception of Joint Commission International Accreditation: effect of re-accreditation.
Int J Qual Health Care
September 2024
Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 624 N Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21205, United States.
Joint Commission International (JCI) accreditation is a recognized leader in healthcare accreditation worldwide. It aims to improve quality of care, patient safety, and organizational performance. Many hospitals do not apply for re-accreditation after JCI status expires.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: This study evaluated the relationship between Joint Commission accreditation and health care-associated infections (HAIs) in long-term care hospitals (LTCHs).
Methods: This observational study used Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) LTCH data for the period 2017 to June 2021. The standardized infection ratio (SIR) of three measures used by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Healthcare Safety Network were used as dependent variables in a random coefficient Poisson regression model (adjusting for CMS region, owner type, and bed size quartile): catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs), Clostridioides difficile infections (CDIs), and central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) for the periods 2017 to 2019 and July 1, 2020, to June 30, 2021.
Improving and Sustaining Resident Physician Handover.
Cureus
February 2024
Pediatrics, Penn State Health Children's Hospital, Hershey, USA.
Background Handoffs serve a critical patient safety function in the transition between caregivers. In 2006, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations strongly recommended the implementation of "a standardized approach to 'handoff' communications, including an opportunity to ask and respond to questions." Numerous studies have investigated the quality and efficacy of patient handoffs and the utility of structured handoff curriculums, particularly in the context of patient safety and outcomes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSentinel Event Alert 67: Preserving Patient Safety After a Cyberattack.
Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf
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