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Joint Commission Patient Safety Initiatives
1 Karen TimmonsPresident & Chief Executive OfficerJoint Commission InternationalDennis O Leary, MDPresident, Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare OrganizationsPatient Safety OverviewIsQua 21stInternational ConferenceAmsterdam RAI, The Netherlands19-22 October 2004 Joint Commission Patient Safety Initiatives2 Usually a voluntary process by which a government or non-government agency grants recognitionto health care institutions which meet certain standardsthat require continuous improvementin structures, processes, and A Definition3 Organizational Base The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) is the organizational parent of Joint Commission Resources (JCR), of which Joint Commission International (JCI) is a major division JCAHO is an independent no
7 Impact of Medical Errors • The UK Dept of Health, in its 2000 report, estimated that adverse events occur in approximately 10% of hospital admissions, or about 850,000 adverse events a year. • The Quality in Australian Health Care Study (QAHCS) released in 1995 found an adverse event rate of 16.6%
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