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OAKBROOK TERRACE, IL--(Marketwired - Oct 30, 2013) - Thirty-three percent of Joint Commission-accredited hospitals reporting accountability measure data for 2012 are Top Performer hospitals, using...

OAKBROOK TERRACE, IL--(Marketwired - Oct 10, 2013) - A viewpoint published in the October 2013 issue of Health Affairs contends that American health care will not get better or be safer until...

OAKBROOK TERRACE, IL--(Marketwired - Sep 17, 2013) - An article published Sept. 13, 2013, in The Milbank Quarterly urges hospitals to make the substantial changes that will be needed to achieve the...

OAKBROOK TERRACE, IL--(Marketwire - Feb 14, 2012) - A new weapon in the critical fight to reduce the incidence of wrong site surgery becomes available today. The Targeted Solutions Tool™...

OAKBROOK TERRACE, IL--(Marketwire - Dec 14, 2011) - The link between health care worker fatigue and adverse events is well documented, prompting The Joint Commission to issue a new Sentinel Event...

OAKBROOK TERRACE, IL--(Marketwire - Jun 29, 2011) - Health care professionals and patients all agree that wrong site surgery is a serious and preventable adverse event that should never happen....

OAKBROOK TERRACE, IL--(Marketwire - March 2, 2011) - The Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has granted The Joint Commission deeming authority...

OAKBROOK TERRACE, IL--(Marketwire - November 17, 2010) - A new Joint Commission Sentinel Event Alert warns that non-psychiatric patients are committing suicide in emergency departments and...

OAKBROOK TERRACE, IL--(Marketwire - October 21, 2010) -  An estimated 80 percent of serious medical errors involve miscommunication between caregivers when responsibility for patients is...

OAKBROOK TERRACE, IL--(Marketwire - September 22, 2010) -  Accredited hospitals in the United States are providing higher-quality, evidence-based care for heart attack, pneumonia, surgical care...