Quick Safety Archives - HIT Leaders and News https://us.hitleaders.news/tag/quick-safety/ Healthcare Innovations and technology news and views Wed, 18 Jan 2023 14:17:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 New Alerts from The Joint Commission Focus on Maternal Health to Help Reduce Mortality and Morbidity https://us.hitleaders.news/core-categories/editors-picks-and-featured-content/39005/new-alerts-from-the-joint-commission-focus-on-maternal-health-to-help-reduce-mortality-and-morbidity/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-alerts-from-the-joint-commission-focus-on-maternal-health-to-help-reduce-mortality-and-morbidity Wed, 18 Jan 2023 06:16:53 +0000 https://us.hitleaders.news/?p=39005 The United States is facing a maternal health crisis with the highest mortality rate for pregnant and postpartum patients among developed countries.1 The Joint Commission published two new resources to help reduce mortality and morbidity in pregnant and postpartum patients: Sentinel Event Alert, Issue 66: Eliminating racial and ethnic disparities causing mortality and morbidity in pregnant and postpartum patients and Quick Safety, Issue 67: Mental health conditions leading cause of pregnancy-related deaths. 

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