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Since publication in 1998 of the seminal report from the Institute of Medicine (IOM), “To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System by L. T. Kohn, J. M. Corrigan, and M. S. Donaldson on the issue of medical errors and adverse events, much focus and effort by government and private institutions has been to improve patient safety and quality of care.
Since publication of “To Err is Human”, several other important reports were published:
The Urgent Need to Improve Healthcare Quality by M. R. Chassin and R. W. Galvin.
Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century by the Committee on Quality Health Care in America
National Healthcare Quality Report by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Free from Harm: Accelerating Patient Safety Improvement Fifteen Years after To Err is Human. National. Patient Safety Foundation (2015). Click on this link to read the article.
For the Public’s Health: Investing in a Healthier Future. Institute of Medicine; Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice; Committee on Public Health Strategies to Improve Health (2012). Click on this link to read the article.
Improving Diagnosis in Healthcare. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. (2015)
Complete the following for this assignment:
Choose one (1) of those reports published since “To Err is Human.”, and describe its impact on the quality of health care in the United States.
How could you use the concepts of the report that you chose to assess and subsequently improve the quality of health care in your health care organization?
Note: Use APA style to cite at least 2 scholarly sources from the last 5 years in addition to the chosen report.
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The report, “Free From harm” which was published by the National Patient Safety Foundation goes on to provide information on patient safety. The journal goes on to state that patient safety is one of the most pressing issues which is plaguing the health care system. Some factors which are also linked to the mortality rates, the quality of life of the patients as well as morbidity are discussed in the report. The impact of the information presented in this report will ensure that the quality of health in the country has improved.
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