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6 Elements of a True Patient Safety Culture
Becker's Clinical Quality and Infection Control
Healthcare organizations across the country have significantly ramped up the focus on patient safety and quality improvement, and for good reason. Under the healthcare reform law, healthcare providers’ reimbursements will be linked to the quality of healthcare services, including patients’ experiences, starting in 2013. A slew of efforts — federal demonstration projects, provider-payor collaborations and provider-level pilot projects, to name a few — are cropping up, as the healthcare industry prepares for this shift in healthcare payment and delivery.