Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goals 2025. The joint commission’s national patient safety goals are geared toward helping bring attention to patient safety challenges throughout the entire spectrum of care. Effective january 1, 2025, the joint commission has approved new and revised requirements for behavioral health and human services organizations who use restraint and seclusion.

Effective july 1, 2023, the joint commission is elevating health equity to a new national patient safety goal (npsg) for health care organizations. Key goals include improving patient identification and communication among caregivers, enhancing medication safety, ensuring clinical alarm safety, reducing healthcare.