May 2017 • Vol. 2017 No. 3
Inside the
Issue:
Key to Safe, Patient-
Centered Care?
Employee Engagement,
Press Ganey Says
p. 7
Joint Commission: 10
Most Common Sentinel
Events of 2016
p. 10
Rebooting Patient
Safety: 7 Questions With
the Leaders of IHI and
NPSF
p. 12
US Sees Growing
Number of C. auris
Cases: 3 Things to Know
p. 30
CDC Issues New SSI
Prevention Guidelines: 5
Things to Know
p. 34
Special Section on
Patient Experience
Starting on p. 56
The 64 Leapfrog
Straight-A Hospitals
p. 61
WHO Ranks
World's 12 Most
Dangerous
Superbugs
e World Health Organization
identified 12 families of bacteria that
serve as the greatest threats to human
health.
Joint Commission:
Healthcare Leaders'
Failure to Create Safety
Culture Can Lead to
Adverse Events
e Joint Commission issued a Sentinel Event
Alert March 1 calling on healthcare leadership
to make forming an effective safety culture a top
organizational priority.
e professionals included on this list are prominent
advocates for patient safety. ey include clinicians,
advocacy group leaders, professors, researchers,
administrators and healthcare providers who have
received awards, published articles and led initiatives
to facilitate the reduction of patient harm in the
healthcare setting.
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