Joint Commission Releases 2023 Sentinel Event Alert Data – Falls Top List
Published: 05/15/2024
Sources:
- The Joint Commission
Relevant To:
- Assisted Living,
- Medical Office,
- Critical Access Hospitals,
- Home Health,
- Hospitals,
- Long Term Care,
- Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility,
- Hospice
The Joint Commission (TJC) has released a review of sentinel event alert data for 2023. TJC’s sentinel event program is intended to support organizations in tracking sentinel events and conducting comprehensive systemic analyses in order to learn from these events.
According to TJC, between January 1 and December 31, 2023 there were 1,411 reported sentinel events, 96% (1,358) were voluntarily self-reported to TJC. The reported events breakdown as follows:
- Patient falls (48%)
- Wrong sur…