Becker's Healthcare February 22, 2022
The number of serious patient safety incidents reported to The Joint Commission jumped in 2021, reaching the highest annual level seen since the accrediting body started tracking them in 2005, according to a report shared with Becker’s Feb. 22.
The accrediting body received 1,197 reports of sentinel events last year, 89 percent of which healthcare organizations voluntarily reported. In 2020, 809 total events were reported. This total had previously peaked in 2012, when 946 sentinel events were reported.
The organization defines a sentinel event as a patient safety event that results in death, permanent harm, severe temporary harm or intervention...
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