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Report Type: | House Report |
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Committees: | House Energy and Commerce Committee |
Access session recordings: ihi.org/CongressLobby The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) Patient Safety Congress brings together people who are passionate about ensuring safe, equitable care for all.
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) Patient Safety Congress brings together people who are passionate about ensuring safe, equitable care for all. This must-attend, virtual event is for those who continue to shape smarter, safer care for patients wherever it’s provided – from the hospital and outpatient settings, to the home.
AHRQ Publication No. 22-0009. In consultation with AHRQ, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services delivered a final report on effective strategies to improve patient safety and reduce medical errors to Congress.
Final Report to Congress To Improve Patient Safety Outlines Strategies To Speed Progress. A final report (PDF, 1.16 MB) on strategies to improve patient safety and reduce medical errors has been delivered to Congress by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in consultation with AHRQ.
A Patient Safety Organization (PSO) works with healthcare providers to help them improve patient safety and healthcare quality and encourage a culture of safety.
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is the lead Federal agency charged with improving the safety and quality of healthcare for all Americans.
AHRQ's Patient Safety Network (PSNet) features a collection of the latest news and resources on patient safety, innovations and toolkits, opportunities for free CME and trainings.
The FDA is responsible for protecting the public health by assuring the safety, efficacy, and security of human and veterinary drugs, biological products, medical devices, our nation's food supply, cosmetics, and products that emit radiation.
the National Steering Committee for Patient SafetyAHRQ is co-leading the National Steering Committee for Patient Safety, which includes members from two dozen organizations that are joining together to create a national action plan to accelerate progress in reducing patient harm.
The states have the primary constitutional responsibility and authority for the protection of the health, safety and general welfare of the population, and much of this responsibility falls on the state health departments.
The federal agency that oversees CMS, which administers programs for protecting the health of all Americans, including Medicare, the Marketplace, Medicaid, and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
The HITECH Act established ONC in law and provides the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services with the authority to establish programs to improve health care quality, safety, and efficiency through the promotion of health IT, including electronic health records (EHRs) and private and secure electronic health ...
The Patient Safety Organization (PSO) program established federally recognized PSOs to work with health care providers to improve the safety and quality of patient care. The program also creates the first and only comprehensive, nationwide patient safety reporting and learning system in the United States.
What reports are encourage as a result of the patient safety and quality improvement act? near misses, unsafe conditions, adverse events, events the threaten patient safety.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Publication Number 2015-115, (October 2021). NIOSH/OSHA/CDC Toolkit.
"You get the opportunity to hear from those who have been successful in improving patient care, specifically patient safety."
Highlight the work that you and your organization are doing to improve the safety of patients and those who provide care.
The Patient Safety Act provides Federal legal privilege and confidentiality protections for information exchanged between healthcare providers and PSOs for the purpose of learning about how to improve patient safety. Patients’ rights to their medical information is not compromised.
The Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 (Patient Safety Act) was seminal legislation aimed at accelerating the Nation’s efforts to improve patient safety. Among other provisions, it allowed for the establishment of patient safety organizations (PSOs), which work with healthcare providers across organizational ...
Healthy People, Healthy Communities: Improving the Health Status of Communities includes tasks that promote effective prevention and treatment of chronic disease for Medicare beneficiaries. Health IT is also promoted. Three tasks included in the Aim are described below.
The scope of work relating to antibiotic stewardship was added to the section C.3 of the current QIN-QIO 11th SOW: “Promote Effective Communication and Coordination of Care ”, as Task C.3.10 Combatting Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria through Antibiotic Stewardship in Communities.
The Program’s 11th SOW activities and services are divided into three aims: better care, better health and lower costs. Each aim has an established set of quality measures that provides accountability to the QIOs for making changes at all levels of the health care system. Please note that task refers to the breakdown of the work in each Aim of the Task Order Contract for QIN-QIOs and for the breakdown of work in the BFCC contract, for example, in Aim B, there are three tasks; there is no task A.
The 11th SOW C.2 Reducing Healthcare-Acquired Conditions in Nursing Homes task order aims to improve the quality of care and quality of life for beneficiaries residing in nursing homes. The activities associated with this task include: