The Joint Commission has announced its 2010 National Patient Safety Goals for its Ambulatory Care Accreditation Program. Although no new goals have been developed for 2010, accredited organizations ...

For the first encounter with a patient, the Joint Commission recommends using two identifiers to be sure the patient is who he/she is supposed to be.

The Joint Commission announced its 2009 National Patient Safety Goals and Elements of Performance yesterday. The biggest changes came in the form of new infection control requirements.

Healthcare experts have suggested The Joint Commission's National Patient Safety Goals for hospitals should be incorporated as criteria for meaningful use and electronic health record certification.

The list includes patient identifiers, alarm management and medication safety criteria.

NPSG.01.01.01 — The Joint Commission recommends using two methods to identify a patient to ensure every patient receives correct medicine and treatment. NPSG.01.03.01 — Ensure patients receive the ...

In an effort to make clinical alarm systems safer, the Joint Commission issued a new National Patient Safety Goal (NPSG), which requires accredited hospitals and critical access hospitals to ...