Patient safety issues continue to plague American hospitals. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Patient safety issues continue to plague American hospitals. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

• Commentary
 
• Published July 2019

Patient safety issues continue to plague American hospitals.

Wilensky GR. Milbank Q. 2019 Jul 29; [Epub ahead of print].

High-quality, reliable safe health care is a complex challenge. This commentary reviews estimates of health care–associated harm and injury to patients and the complexities associated with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services financial penalties approach to drive improvement.

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