Updated Links: HHS Partnership for Patients Initiative to Improve Hospital Care
CORRECTION: Updated links
Hospitals across the country will have new resources and support to make health care safer and less costly by targeting and reducing the millions of preventable injuries and complications from healthcare acquired conditions, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced today. As a part of the Partnership for Patients initiative, a nationwide public-private collaboration to improve the quality, safety, and affordability of health care for all Americans, $218 million will go to 26 state, regional, national, or hospital system organizations. For more information, go to: http://go.cms.gov/rH94Ag. To read the press release, visit: http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2011pres/12/20111214g.html.
