Joint Commission Annual Report Names 620 Hospitals as 'Top Performers on Key Quality Measures'
September 19, 2012 08:00 ET
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The Joint Commission
OAKBROOK TERRACE, IL--(Marketwire - Sep 19, 2012) - "Improving America's Hospitals: The Joint Commission Annual Report on Quality and Safety 2012," includes 620 hospitals that are leading the way...
Journal of Hospital Medicine Shows Link Between Accreditation, Quality
October 12, 2011 11:30 ET
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The Joint Commission
OAKBROOK TERRACE, IL--(Marketwire - Oct 12, 2011) - New research published in the October issue of the "Journal of Hospital Medicine" shows that hospitals accredited by The Joint Commission...
Joint Commission Annual Report Names Top Performing Hospitals
September 14, 2011 10:06 ET
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The Joint Commission
OAKBROOK TERRACE, IL--(Marketwire - Sep 14, 2011) - For the first time, The Joint Commission's 2011 annual report on quality and safety, Improving America's Hospitals, lists hospitals and critical...
The Joint Commission Taps Dr. Ana Pujols-McKee as CMO
December 22, 2010 12:15 ET
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The Joint Commission
OAKBROOK TERRACE, IL--(Marketwire - December 22, 2010) - The Joint Commission today announced the appointment of Ana Pujols-McKee, M.D., as executive vice president and chief medical officer,...
Joint Commission Alert: Violence Rising at Health Care Facilities
June 03, 2010 11:50 ET
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The Joint Commission
OAKBROOK TERRACE, IL--(Marketwire - June 3, 2010) - A new Joint Commission Sentinel Event Alert warns that health care facilities today are being confronted with steadily increasing rates of...
Joint Commission Alert: Preventing Deaths During, After Pregnancy
January 26, 2010 14:47 ET
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The Joint Commission
OAKBROOK TERRACE, IL--(Marketwire - January 26, 2010) - Pre-existing medical conditions such
as high blood pressure are putting women at greater risk for death during
or shortly after pregnancy,...
Joint Commission Annual Report Shows Gains in Patient Care Quality and Safety
January 14, 2010 11:30 ET
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Joint Commission
OAKBROOK TERRACE, IL--(Marketwire - January 14, 2010) - Accredited hospitals in America have
steadily improved the quality of patient care over a seven-year period,
saving lives and improving the...
How Patients Can Make the Most of a Visit to the Doctor
December 09, 2009 12:28 ET
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Joint Commission
OAKBROOK TERRACE, IL--(Marketwire - December 9, 2009) - A visit to the doctor is a time to
talk and learn, and patients play a critical role in their health care,
just like doctors, nurses and other...
Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare Takes Aim at Patient Safety Failures
September 10, 2009 07:00 ET
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Joint Commission
WASHINGTON, DC--(Marketwire - September 10, 2009) - Teaming up with top hospitals and health
systems across the country to use new methods to find the causes of and put
a stop to dangerous and...