Becker's Healthcare June 2, 2022
The Joint Commission has issued warnings about the importance of safety timeouts ahead of surgeries, released its list of the most challenging requirements for hospitals in 2021, and launched several new partnerships in the last few months.
Six updates from The Joint Commission Becker’s has covered since March:
1. The Joint Commission and Association of periOperative Registered Nurses in a June 1 statement urged medical teams not to rush through safety “timeouts” — a measure meant to prevent wrong-site surgeries by having surgical teams pause before an operation.
2. The Joint Commission is partnering with Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston and the American Medical Association to create a learning network for health systems to improve equitable...
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