JCAHO - Joint Commission International Center for Patient Safety

www.jcipatientsafety.org

In March 2005, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations and Joint Commission Resources (JCR) announced the establishment of the Joint Commission International Center for Patient Safety, a virtual entity that draws upon the patient safety expertise, resources and knowledge of both the Joint Commission and JCR. The center will provide patient safety solutions to health care organizations worldwide. The mission of the center is: To continuously improve patient safety by providing solutions, processes and procedures that help eliminate preventable adverse events in all health care settings.

Recognized as a leader in patient safety, the Joint Commission promotes and provides for the delivery of safe, high-quality care through its standards, sentinel event database, Sentinel Event Alert, Speak Up™ programs and, most recently, its National Patient Safety Goals. The Patient Safety Center allows the Joint Commission and JCR to advance the entire continuum of patient safety including system design, product safety, safety of services, and environment of care, as well as offering proactive solutions for patient safety, whether based on empirical evidence, hard research or best practices.

New products in development include:

▪ Annual report on the state of patient safety
▪ Patient safety facilitator certification program
▪ Patient safety risk assessment tool
▪ Patient safety research library
▪ Team training
▪ Development of a culture of patient safety
▪ International web-based risk assessment tool
▪ Solutions development and system design and redesign