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A New Frontier in Patient Safety

A New Frontier in Patient Safety COMMENTARY To Decrease Preventable Hospital Readmissions Within Joseph McCannon, AB 30 Days of Discharge. By the end of 2013 readmissions would Donald M. Berwick, MD, MPP be reduced by 20% compared with 2010, meaning preven- tion of more than 1.6 million hospital readmissions and an ORE THAN A DECADE AGO, THE INSTITUTE OF estimated $15 billion in health care costs avoided. Medicine issued its landmark report To Err Is These goals are bold, the time frame is aggressive, and Human, which claimed that an estimated the scale is large. The initiative invites thousands of hospi- M44 000 to 98 000 Americans die in hospitals tals to publicly commit to reducing all-cause patient harm. each year due to medical errors. Since then, stakeholders To add momentum, the initiative will simultaneously alert in the health care system have invested millions of dollars the public to deficiencies in patient safety and how layper- in numerous strategies trying to improve patient safety. These sons can help reduce harm. It will advance the science of approaches have included payment penalties, public report- all-cause harm reduction while developing more accurate ing requirements, and technical assistance. Hundreds of hos- ways to measure harm. It will nurture http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png JAMA American Medical Association

A New Frontier in Patient Safety

McCannon, Joseph; Berwick, Donald M.
JAMA , Volume 305 (21) – Jun 1, 2011
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American Medical Association
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Copyright 2011 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved. Applicable FARS/DFARS Restrictions Apply to Government Use.
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0098-7484
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1538-3598
DOI
10.1001/jama.2011.742
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21632485
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Abstract

COMMENTARY To Decrease Preventable Hospital Readmissions Within Joseph McCannon, AB 30 Days of Discharge. By the end of 2013 readmissions would Donald M. Berwick, MD, MPP be reduced by 20% compared with 2010, meaning preven- tion of more than 1.6 million hospital readmissions and an ORE THAN A DECADE AGO, THE INSTITUTE OF estimated $15 billion in health care costs avoided. Medicine issued its landmark report To Err Is These goals are bold, the time frame is aggressive, and Human, which claimed that an estimated the scale is large. The initiative invites thousands of hospi- M44 000 to 98 000 Americans die in hospitals tals to publicly commit to reducing all-cause patient harm. each year due to medical errors. Since then, stakeholders To add momentum, the initiative will simultaneously alert in the health care system have invested millions of dollars the public to deficiencies in patient safety and how layper- in numerous strategies trying to improve patient safety. These sons can help reduce harm. It will advance the science of approaches have included payment penalties, public report- all-cause harm reduction while developing more accurate ing requirements, and technical assistance. Hundreds of hos- ways to measure harm. It will nurture

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Published: Jun 1, 2011

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