Editor's Note Six health system strategic leaders recently shared the key performance indicators they are paying closest attention to when assessing system performance, according to a December 12 news story in Becker’s Hospital Review. For example, culture of safety is the signal that a chief administrative officer in Seattle, Washington…

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Editor's Note A recent report on patient harm events by number and type from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) was explored in a December 2 article in HealthAffairs. The OIG reviewed medical records of 770 hospitalized Medicare patients who were discharged in…

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