Will Ambitious Patient Safety Goals Be Met?

HRET has been awarded a contract by CMS to support their Partnership for Patients campaign. PfP is a public-private partnership that intends to help improve the quality, safety and affordability of health care for all Americans. The project assists hospitals with adopt new practices that have the potential to reduce inpatient harm by 40 percent and readmissions by 20 percent.

HRET has been awarded a contract by CMS to support their Partnership for Patients campaign. PfP is a public-private partnership that intends to help improve the quality, safety and affordability of health care for all Americans. The project assists hospitals with adopt new practices that have the potential to reduce inpatient harm by 40 percent and readmissions by 20 percent.

Matthew Weinstock, senior editor of H&HN, interviews Maulik Joshi, president of HRET and AHA senior vice president of research, on the progress of the partnership.