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• The Joint Commission: Comments open on proposed suicide risk NPSG through May 7

  Wishing you could weigh in on The Joint Commission’s expectations about suicide risk? You have your chance. Through May 7, The Joint Commission is accepting comment on proposed revisions to National Patient Safety Goal 15 on reducing the risk of patient self-harm.

• Lawmakers want more AO oversight

  In a letter to CMS Administrator Seema Verma, the committee is asking for what could be reams of information from the agency about patient harm and incidents of misconduct at acute care hospitals.

• 3 Ways to Knock C. diff Rates Down to Zero

  For Necia Kimber, RN, CIC, MHA, infection control practitioner at Stillwater (Oklahoma) Medical Center, "one infection is too many." Fortunately, when it comes to C. diff, Kimber has infection rates at the healthcare organization at just the right number: zero.

• Joint Commission releases 2017 sentinel event stats

  Unintended retention of a foreign body, patient falls, and wrong-site surgery top The Joint Commission’s full list of reported sentinel events for 2017.

• Report: Six opportunities to improve patient safety

  Over the next four years, $383.7 billion will be spent on adverse patient safety events in the United States and Western Europe. Researchers at Frost & Sullivan analyzed 30 major patient safety concerns to find the areas where a change could make the most impact.

• Involving patients and representatives in care decisions

  Involving patients in their care isn’t just polite, it’s a CMS requirement.