The Joint Commission has issued warnings about the importance of safety timeouts ahead of surgeries, released its list of the most challenging requirements for hospitals in 2021, and launched several new partnerships in the last few months.
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6 recent moves from The Joint Commission
The Joint Commission has issued warnings about the importance of safety timeouts ahead of surgeries, released its list of the most challenging requirements for hospitals in 2021, and launched several new partnerships in the last few months.
Physicians transplant first 3D-printed ear
Physicians transplanted the first 3D-printed ear in a woman using her own cells, The New York Times reported June 2.
Contrast dye shortage leaves patients in limbo
Many hospitals are reserving contrast dye for emergency situations amid a global shortage, leaving some patients waiting weeks or months for CT scans and other imaging procedures.
5 dead in Oklahoma hospital campus shooting
Five people were killed and multiple others were injured June 1 in a mass shooting inside a medical office building on a hospital campus in Tulsa, Okla. It was the 233rd mass shooting in the U.S. this year.
2 dead after shooting at Ohio hospital
A security guard died June 1 after he was shot by a jail inmate receiving care at Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton, Ohio.
Inaccurate pulse ox readings may have delayed, prevented care among minority COVID-19 patients
Pulse oximeter measurements are less accurate among Black, Hispanic and Asian COVID-19 patients compared to white patients. These inaccuracies may have led to minority patients receiving delayed or no treatment, according to a study published May 31 in…
Don’t rush through surgical timeouts, medical groups warn
The Joint Commission and Association of periOperative Registered Nurses are urging surgical teams to not rush through safety “timeouts” as they tackle a backlog of surgeries postponed amid the pandemic.
Florida VA hospital failed to provide emergency care to patient, feds finds
Malcom Randall VA Medical Center in Gainesville, Fla., failed to provide emergency care to an unresponsive heart failure patient because hospital staff could not verify his status as a veteran, according to a May 31 report from the Department of Vetera…
How the contrast dye shortage is hindering cancer, heart care
Many hospitals across the nation are postponing scans used to diagnose cancer and other diseases due to the shortage of a contrast dye produced in Shanghai, The New York Times reported May 26.
