In 2015, the Joint Commission reviewed 936 sentinel events that occurred in hospitals, ambulatory care settings and other care locations, up dramatically from the 764 events it reviewed in 2014. In ...

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 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 ...

Michael Kulczycki, executive director of The Joint Commission’s ambulatory care program, offers four tips for being prepared for sentinel events at ASCs on the organization’s blog, Ambulatory Buzz.

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 ...

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 ...