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OAKBROOK TERRACE, IL--(Marketwire - Sep 19, 2012) - "Improving America's Hospitals: The Joint Commission Annual Report on Quality and Safety 2012," includes 620 hospitals that are leading the way...

OAKBROOK TERRACE, IL--(Marketwire - Oct 12, 2011) - New research published in the October issue of the "Journal of Hospital Medicine" shows that hospitals accredited by The Joint Commission...

OAKBROOK TERRACE, IL--(Marketwire - Sep 14, 2011) - For the first time, The Joint Commission's 2011 annual report on quality and safety, Improving America's Hospitals, lists hospitals and critical...

OAKBROOK TERRACE, IL--(Marketwire - December 22, 2010) - The Joint Commission today announced the appointment of Ana Pujols-McKee, M.D., as executive vice president and chief medical officer,...

OAKBROOK TERRACE, IL--(Marketwire - June 3, 2010) -  A new Joint Commission Sentinel Event Alert warns that health care facilities today are being confronted with steadily increasing rates of...

OAKBROOK TERRACE, IL--(Marketwire - January 26, 2010) - Pre-existing medical conditions such as high blood pressure are putting women at greater risk for death during or shortly after pregnancy,...

OAKBROOK TERRACE, IL--(Marketwire - January 14, 2010) - Accredited hospitals in America have steadily improved the quality of patient care over a seven-year period, saving lives and improving the...

OAKBROOK TERRACE, IL--(Marketwire - December 9, 2009) - A visit to the doctor is a time to talk and learn, and patients play a critical role in their health care, just like doctors, nurses and other...

WASHINGTON, DC--(Marketwire - September 10, 2009) - Teaming up with top hospitals and health systems across the country to use new methods to find the causes of and put a stop to dangerous and...