{"id":3330,"date":"2024-08-13T02:57:41","date_gmt":"2024-08-13T07:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/?p=3330"},"modified":"2024-08-13T02:57:52","modified_gmt":"2024-08-13T07:57:52","slug":"joint-commission-data-indicates-that-2023-sentinel-events-approached-2022s-record-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/joint-commission-data-indicates-that-2023-sentinel-events-approached-2022s-record-high\/","title":{"rendered":"Joint Commission Data Indicates that 2023 Sentinel Events Approached 2022\u2019s Record High"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3332\" src=\"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/treatment-4099432_640-e1721672084835.jpg\" alt=\"treatment-4099432_640-e1721672084835\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/treatment-4099432_640-e1721672084835.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/treatment-4099432_640-e1721672084835-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/treatment-4099432_640-e1721672084835-180x120.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>Sentinel events are significant medical mistakes that affect patient safety and result in severe temporary harm, permanent harm, or death. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t&amp;source=web&amp;rct=j&amp;opi=89978449&amp;url=https:\/\/www.jointcommission.org\/-\/media\/tjc\/documents\/resources\/patient-safety-topics\/sentinel-event\/2024\/2024_sentinel-event-_annual-review_published-2024.pdf&amp;ved=2ahUKEwj7kpSinLuHAxXIOTQIHfFvAe4QFnoECBcQAw&amp;usg=AOvVaw0ipEBuoSN-ZNrgZV6PmUXK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">data compiled<\/a> by the Joint Commission for 2023 found that sentinel events were close to 2022\u2019s record high. In 2023, there were 1411 reported and reviewed events. Of these, eighteen percent led to patient death. Fifty-seven percent led to severe temporary harm. Eight percent resulted in permanent harm. Twelve percent of these patients had to stay for an extended period in the hospital and go through more treatment. If you or a loved one experienced a sentinel event, you may be entitled to compensation. The experienced Chicago-based medical malpractice lawyers of Moll Law Group may be able to represent you.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Call Moll Law Group for a Consultation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Most sentinel events are preventable. They can be the result of miscommunications, teamwork failures, and failure to adhere to standard policies and procedures. As in the previous 5 years, the 2023 data revealed that the most frequent sentinel events during 2023 were falls. They comprised 48% of all the sentinel events the Joint Commission reviewed. They were up 6 percentage points from falls in 2022. And in 2019, by contrast, patient falls only made up 18% of the sentinel events.<\/p>\n<p>Other sentinel events included wrong-site surgery, wrong procedures, wrong patients operated upon, foreign objects left behind during procedures, sexual assaults, rapes, assaults, homicides, treatment delays, suicide, fire, burns, mismanagement of medications, self-harm, and perinatal events. Wrong surgeries (all three types of wrong surgeries) constituted 8% of sentinel events for 2023, as did two other categories, foreign objects left behind in the patient and crimes like rape, sexual assault, assault and homicide. Most of these 1358 events were voluntarily self-reported to the Joint Commission, either by a certified or accredited entity. The rest of the 53 sentinel events were reported by patients, anonymous sources or employees of the providers.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/joint-commission-data-indicates-that-2023-sentinel-events-approached-2022s-record-high\/#more-3330\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sentinel events are significant medical mistakes that affect patient safety and result in severe temporary harm, permanent harm, or death. The data compiled by the Joint Commission for 2023 found that sentinel events were close to 2022\u2019s record high. 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