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NCJ 249097. PAVING THE WAY: LESSONS LEARNED IN SENTINEL EVENT REVIEWS. When bad things happen in a complex system, the cause is rarely a single act, event or slip-up. More often, bad outcomes are “sentinel events.”. A sentinel event is a negative outcome that: • Signals underlying weaknesses in a system or process.
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Each approach To order Sentinel Events: Evaluating Cause and Planning Improvement, or for more information, call the Joint Com- mission Customer Service Center at 630/792-5800. 01998 by the Joint Commission Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations VOLUME 24 NUMBER 4 is described in this chapter, along with information on the basic risk ...
A sentinel event is a patient safety event (not primarily related to the natural course of a patient’s illness or underlying condition) that reaches a patient and results in death, severe harm (regardless of duration of harm), or permanent harm (regardless of severity of harm). An event can also be considered sentinel event even if the ...
Jan 1, 2014 · Abstract. A sentinel event is a significant negative outcome that: 1) signals underlying weaknesses in the system or process; 2) is likely the result of compound errors; and 3) may provide, if properly analyzed and addressed, important keys to strengthening the system and preventing future adverse events or outcomes.
sentinel event warnings with the rise of unexpected infections acquired in hospitals and when “wrong patient” surgeries occurred. In aviation, sentinel event warnings are sounded each time an airplane crashes or a near miss occurs. In criminal justice, a sentinel event could be similarly easy to recognize: the exoneration of an innocent person;
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Mar 29, 2023 · The Joint Commission defines a sentinel event as a patient safety event that results in death, permanent harm, or severe temporary harm. Sentinel events are debilitating to both patients and health care providers involved in the event. The term sentinel refers to a system issue that may result in similar events in the future. The National Quality Forum defined the term serious reportable ...
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jhollway@law.upenn.edu; University of Pennsylvania Law School. Correspondence. John F. Hollway, University of Pennsylvania Law School, 3501 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104. Email: jhollway@law.upenn.edu. Search for more papers by this author