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Patient Safety 2015.

National Quality Forum.

The value of current measures to track patient safety has been called into question. This Web site provides resources related to a consensus-driven initiative to evaluate the reliability of existing patient safety measures in tracking and assessing safety in hospitals, across various populations and settings. The deadline for submitting comments on current measures and concepts for new measures is April 10, 2015.

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