Nearly 4,500 organizations, including over 2,000 hospitals, have pledged their support for the Partnership for Patients, the Obama Administration’s new nationwide patient safety initiative, according to a press release by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Partnership for Patients, the new HHS initiative aimed at decreasing preventable hospital-acquired conditions and decreasing hospital readmissions, is being questioned by some members of the senate, including Senator Michael B. Enzi of Wyoming, the top Republican on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, according to Thomson Reuters.
Jeanne Henson | in Healthcare-Associated Infections, Hospital-acquired conditions, Rehospitalizations and readmissions | tagged Partnership for Patients | Comments Off | Share Article The Partnership for Patients, a new partnership between administration, the private sector, hospitals and doctors to make care safer while saving up to 50 billion dollars over the next ten years has been formed, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Jeanne Henson | in Healthcare-Associated Infections, Hospital-acquired conditions, IOM Aim: Safe, Rehospitalizations and readmissions, Serious Reportable Events (SRE) | tagged Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Partnership for Patients, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | Comments Off | Share Article