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HQIC Community of Practice Call: Partnering with Patients & Families to Prevent All-Cause Harm
HQIC Community of Practice Call: Partnering with Patients & Families to Prevent All-Cause Harm
Preventing all-cause harm continues to be a national priority. In 2016, an estimated 2.7 million harm events affecting hospital inpatients occurred, leading to more than 80,000 deaths at a cost of nearly $29 billion. According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, nearly 44 percent of these events and deaths could have been prevented. […]