Drs. Pronovost, Wachter: Robust Healthcare Quality Measure Needed

The healthcare industry needs a robust measurement of adverse events to determine progress over time, according to a commentary in the American Journal of Medical Quality.

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Peter J. Pronovost, MD, PhD, senior vice president for patient safety and quality and director of the Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality at Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Robert M. Wachter, MD, chief of medical service and hospital medicine at UCSF Medical Center in San Francisco, examine how healthcare quality and safety have changed over the years.

Read the full story on healthcare quality progress in Becker’s Hospital Review.

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