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First Do No Harm

Briggs Healthcare

Ensuring patient safety is at the heart of the Hippocratic Oath: First, Do No Harm. As the nation’s largest payer for health care, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) mission in our National Quality Strategy includes ensuring everyone is safe when they receive care. The authors are Lee Fleisher, MD.,

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Voices: Beth Ann Longo, Associate Director, Department of Research, The Joint Commission

Home Health Care

I’d like to point out that accreditation is regarded as a well-established mechanism for promoting quality and patient safety in health care. A high star rating conveys to the public that the agency focuses on delivering high-quality care, ensuring patient safety, and addressing patient needs.

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Behavioral Health System Modernization along the Continuum

NASHP

In addition to funding mobile response services, Connecticut has also established a Mobile Crisis Intervention Services Performance Improvement Center (PIC) to support the collection and analysis of data, implement quality improvement activities, and support providers to enhance their clinical competencies and delivery of MCIS.