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A call to excellence.

Carolyn M Clancy·Thomas Scully
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Health care improvement affects us all and is not optional. For change to occur, consumers must demand excellence from their providers and clinicians. Patient safety is part of a broader set of health care quality issues. Championing this view will not be easy, for it means fundamental change to the myriad interrelated systems that make up U.S. health care. HHS is taking the lead on patient safety through a number of initiatives and activities.

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.Health Services ResearchHumansMedical ErrorsNational Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, U.S., Health and Medicine DivisionQuality Assurance, Health CareSafety ManagementSocial ResponsibilityUnited StatesUnited States Agency for Healthcare Research and QualityJournal ArticleComment

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Carolyn M Clancy, Thomas Scully. A call to excellence.. https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.22.2.113

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