The Joint Commission has published data on sentinel events across different kinds of healthcare venues. The data was collected over a fifteen-year period from 1995-2010. Results from the data ...

A summary of sentinel events reviewed by The Joint Commission reveals that more than 1,200 such events occurred last year. That number indicates a growing incidence of reviewed events since 1995.

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois, and Washington, DC, Jan. 26, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Joint Commission and the National ...

The Joint Commission has issued a new Sentinel Event Alert (pdf) urging organizations to pay greater attention to preventing healthcare worker fatigue. The Joint Commission reported in 2007 that ...

Nearly half of patients undergoing drug-induced sleep endoscopy (DISE) experienced a sentinel central event after an average of 6 minutes in a study of 103 individuals with obstructive sleep apnea ...

Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois, and Washington, DC, Jan. 26, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Joint Commission and the National Quality Forum (NQF) today announced they are aligning Joint Commission’s Sentinel ...