Patient safety efforts are paying off, according to an article on the Healthcare Design website. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality scorecard on rates of healthcare-associated conditions between 2010 and 2015 shows a 21 percent decline.
Patient safety efforts are paying off
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's tally of healthcare-associated conditions between 2010 and 2015 shows a 21 percent decline, according to an article on the Healthcare Design website
February 17, 2017
Topic Area: Safety
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