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Hospital weighs security against budget
As some hospitals struggle with the economic downturn, facilities may be playing a balancing act of spending to improve security measures with the precious dollars they do have. For instance,
Long work hours linked to adverse events, Joint Commission warns
The Joint Commission is calling attention to long work hours in a new Sentinel Event Alert released today. With documented links between healthcare worker fatigue and adverse events, as well as lower
Joint Commission: Be on alert for healthcare violence
Healthcare facilities today are being confronted with steadily increasing rates of crime, including assault, rape and murder, warns a new Sentinel Event Alert issued by The Joint Commission.
