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  2. Crossing the Quality Chasm - Wikipedia

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    Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century is a report on health care quality in the United States published by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) on March 1, 2001. A follow-up to the frequently cited 1999 IOM patient safety report To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System , Crossing the Quality Chasm advocates for ...

  3. Healthcare on the Isle of Man - Wikipedia

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    Healthcare in Isle of Man is free for residents and visitors from the UK, and there is a reciprocal health agreement with the UK. For several years, it has required a supplementary vote to balance its budget at the end of each year. [1] The Reciprocal Health Agreement only covers three months from the point of arrival in the UK. [2]

  4. Patient safety - Wikipedia

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    The IOM called for a widespread national effort that would focus on the establishment of a Center for Patient Safety, expanded reporting of adverse events, development of safety programs in healthcare organizations, and heightened attention by regulators, healthcare purchasers, and professional societies.

  5. International Patient Safety Goals - Wikipedia

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    The International Patient Safety Goals (IPSG) were developed in 2006 by the Joint Commission International (JCI). The goals were adapted from the JCAHO's National Patient Safety Goals. [1] Compliance with IPSG has been monitored in JCI-accredited hospitals since January 2006. [1]

  6. Health care quality - Wikipedia

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    Health care quality is the degree to which health care services for individuals and populations increase the likelihood of desired health outcomes. [2] Quality of care plays an important role in describing the iron triangle of health care relationships between quality, cost, and accessibility of health care within a community. [3]

  7. Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act - Wikipedia

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    Patient safety work product includes any data, reports, records, memoranda, analyses (such as root cause analyses), or written or oral statements (or copies of any of this material), which are assembled or developed by a provider for reporting to a PSO and are reported to a PSO; or are developed by a patient safety organization for the conduct ...

  8. Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set - Wikipedia

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    The Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) is a widely used set of performance measures in the managed care industry, developed and maintained by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA). HEDIS was designed to allow consumers to compare health plan performance to other plans and to national or regional benchmarks.

  9. List of international healthcare accreditation organizations

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    Ministries of health in several sub-Saharan African countries, including Zambia, Uganda, and South African, were reported to have begun planning health system reform including hospital accreditation before 2002. However, most hospitals in Africa are administered by local health ministries or missionary organizations without accreditation programs.