Sentinel Event Alerts are published by TJC to do which of the following?
A) Allow facilities to learn from sentinel events that have occurred in other facilities and incorporate recommendations for prevention into their policies.
B) Notify hospitals that if a sentinel event occurs during an alert, the hospital will be subject to withdrawal of Medicare and Medicaid certification and reimbursement.
C) Prevent a near-miss from occurring.
D) Assist hospitals to find national standardized performance measures to benchmark themselves against other similar hospitals.

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Sentinel Event Alerts are published by TJC to review the lessons learned from those facilities that had experienced these sentinel events. The hope is that other hospitals will incorporate the recommendations into their policy to avoid making similar errors.

Sentinel Event Alerts Are Published by TJC to Do Which