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Advantech Wireless Network Solutions for Medical Computing
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Wikipedia defines a sentinel event as “any unanticipated event in a healthcare setting resulting in death or serious physical or psychological injury to a patient or patients, not related to the natural course of the patient's illness.”1 Once a sentinel event occurs, not only does the patient suffer, but so do relatives, caregivers, and even insurance companies. According to sentinel events statistics from Joint Commission International2 (JCI), a total of 6,567 sentinel events were reported through September 30, 2009. Of the events reported,4,441 resulted in a patient death, an alarming statistic which represents 68 percent of the total.
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