Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

The Journal is hiring! The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety is a peer-reviewed publication, growing in scope and impact, dedicated to elevating innovative solutions; examples of scalable, successful implementation; editorials; and case reports designed to support health care professionals in providing high quality, safe care to all patients. We are seeking an enthusiastic and energetic Deputy Editor with experience in academic publishing, either as an editor or as an author. This individual should hold a doctoral degree in a health care field. As part of our team of Deputy Editors, this role will share responsibilities for strategic direction of the Journal, handling the peer review and revision of submitted articles, soliciting papers and editorials, and ensuring that each issue meets our rigorous editorial standards. This is a paid, part-time, contracted position. Specific responsibilities include: • Meet weekly with the Editor-in-Chief (EIC), Deputy Editors (DE), and Senior Managing Editor (SME) • Share submission “triage” responsibilities with the other DEs every fourth week by conducting an initial review of submitted manuscripts • Identify key topics and work to solicit articles on these and other topics • For articles assigned to an Associate Editor (AE), review their invited reviewers, decisions, and revision letters for quality control and to provide feedback as needed  • Read revised articles prior to final acceptance and identify remaining substantive editorial issues that need to be addressed by the SME • Review accepted articles to decide which should have editorials, news releases, or blog posts, and assist the SME to disseminate articles via social media • Identify authors for editorials, review draft editorials, and discuss needed changes with authors • Participate in Editorial Advisory Board and AE calls approximately 4 times per year • Attend one-day in-person annual strategy meeting Estimated time commitment: 5 hours per week. Interested applicants should email their CV and a brief letter of interest to Senior Managing Editor Dojna Shearer, dshearer@jcrinc.com, by January 24, 2025. 

From our December issue: Christine Franciscovich and colleagues at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia performed a quality improvement project with a goal of reducing automated dispensing cabinet overrides by 10%. Read it here: https://lnkd.in/gADx9GF5

From our December issue: Sonali Shambhu and colleagues at Elevance Health investigated the added healthcare utilization, cost, and mortality resulting from three common surgical site infections. Read it here: https://lnkd.in/gfieASb3

From our December issue: Teena Nelson and colleagues at American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) report on the development of the ABMS Multi-Specialty Portfolio Program, which established a systematic process for review and approval of health care organizations’ implementation of quality improvement and patient safety work and allows organizations to offer continuing certification credit for that work. Read it here: https://lnkd.in/g-Amzs7A

From our December issue: Myrna Serna and colleagues at Brigham and Women's Hospital used combined Epic's Readmission Risk Score with a one-question prognostic mortality screen (" Would you be surprised if the patient died in the next 12 months?") to identify hospitalized patients who would benefit from a serious illness conversation. Read it here: https://lnkd.in/grd5bAx5

From our December issue: Jennifer Sloane and colleagues at Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Houston interviewed members of the Safer Dx Learning Lab, a partnership between a health system and a research team focused on diagnostic safety, to identify and learn from their successes and barriers. Read it here: https://lnkd.in/g8iSedHy

From our December issue: Crystal Wright, MD, FASA and colleagues at MD Anderson Cancer Center studied the effects of COVID-19 on professionalism in the perioperative environment and performed interventions to mitigate negative changes to morale and turnover. Read it here: https://lnkd.in/gR8Vwis4 An accompanying editorial by Gerald Hickson stresses the importance of having a plan in place to preserve professionalism before a crisis occurs. https://lnkd.in/ga8M_vu6

The December 2024 issue of The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety has published! This issue features articles on mitigating the effects of the pandemic on perioperative professionalism, identifying hospitalized patients who may benefit from a serious illness conversation, use of a large language model to label obstetric reports, and more! Browse the table of contents here: https://lnkd.in/dk4G_cZ2

Continuing our celebration of JQPS's 50th anniversary this year, our November issue features a collection of our past articles on #DiagnosticExellence, available through the end of the month on our website: https://lnkd.in/geeTf82T

From our November issue: Stephen Biederman and colleagues at VCU Health implemented an interdisciplinary QI project to standardize sepsis screening workflow across an academic health system. Read it here: https://lnkd.in/gFr872NT