{"id":3380,"date":"2017-04-07T10:00:03","date_gmt":"2017-04-07T15:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/?p=3380"},"modified":"2017-04-07T06:39:39","modified_gmt":"2017-04-07T11:39:39","slug":"joint-commission-health-care-professionals-issues-alert-preventing-medical-errors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/joint-commission-health-care-professionals-issues-alert-preventing-medical-errors\/","title":{"rendered":"Joint Commission for Health Care Professionals Issues Alert on Preventing Medical Errors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cLeaders must commit to creating and maintaining a culture of safety.\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npsf.org\">National Patient Safety Foundation<\/a>. <em>Free From Harm: Accelerating patient safety improvement for 15 years after To Err is Human.\u00a0 <\/em>2015 (accessed Dec. 8, 2016).\u00a0This is just a part of the <em>Sentinel Event Alert<\/em> publication of The Joint Commission Issue 57, March 1, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>The core of the publication is that leadership in hospitals and medicine generally have a priority to be \u201caccountable for effective care while protecting the safety of patients, employees, and visitors. Competent and thoughtful leaders contribute to improvements in safety and organizational culture.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This alert acknowledges that hospitals, doctors, nurses and health care professionals must do a better job of protecting their patients from harm.\u00a0The article states that &#8220;The Joint Commission&#8217;s Sentinel Event Database reveals that leadership&#8217;s failure to create an effective safety culture is a contributing factor to many types of adverse events-from wrong site surgery to delays in treatment.&#8221; Smetzer, J, et al. <em>Shaping systems for better behavioral choices: lessons learned from a fatal medication error.\u00a0<\/em>Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety. 2010; 36: 152-164.<br \/>\n <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/joint-commission-health-care-professionals-issues-alert-preventing-medical-errors\/#more-3380\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cLeaders must commit to creating and maintaining a culture of safety.\u201d National Patient Safety Foundation. Free From Harm: Accelerating patient safety improvement for 15 years after To Err is Human.\u00a0 2015 (accessed Dec. 8, 2016).\u00a0This is just a part of the Sentinel Event Alert publication of The Joint Commission Issue 57, March 1, 2017. 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