Recognizing its unique position to understand and shed light on the collective experience of America’s health care organizations during the COVID-19 pandemic, on February 2, 2021, the Joint Commission published the first in its series of special edition Sentinel Event
Sentinel Event Alert
Joint Commission links safety culture to health care organization leadership


By Yvonne Puig (US) & Mark Faccenda (US) on
On March 1, 2017, the Joint Commission issued a Sentinel Event Alert warning of the link between inadequate safety cultures within health care organizations and a rise in the occurrence of adverse events, and further urging health care organization leadership…
The Joint Commission issues guidance for providers on how to manage patients at risk for suicide


By Yvonne Puig (US) & Mark Faccenda (US) on
On February 24, 2016, The Joint Commission (TJC) issued a Sentinel Event Alert with guidance for detecting and treating suicide ideation applicable to all health care settings. Because providers often fail to detect suicidal thoughts in their patients at the…