What defines a high-performing health system: a systematic review. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

What defines a high-performing health system: a systematic review. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

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• Published August 2017

What defines a high-performing health system: a systematic review.

Ahluwalia SC, Damberg CL, Silverman M, Motala A, Shekelle PG. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2017;43:450-459.

This systematic review sought to identify a consistently used definition of a high-performing health system. Less than 20% of the included studies defined patient safety as an aspect of high performance. In a related editorial, Dr. Peter Pronovost asserts that inconsistency in defining high performance reflects the need to focus on the purpose of health care in order to achieve transformative improvement.

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