Delivering Quality Health Services: A Global Imperative for Universal Health Coverage. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Delivering Quality Health Services: A Global Imperative for Universal Health Coverage. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

• Book/Report
 
• Published July 2018

Delivering Quality Health Services: A Global Imperative for Universal Health Coverage.

Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization; July 2018. ISBN: 9789241513906.

The Crossing the Quality Chasm report outlined the importance of building health care processes that ensure safe, efficient, effective, timely, equitable, and patient-centered health care practice. Spotlighting the importance of an integrated approach to achieving high-quality care, this report outlines how governments, health services, health care staff, and patients can enhance health care quality. A past PSNet interview discussed the global impact of the World Health Organization's efforts to improve patient safety.

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