2010 Patient Safety Goals - Get The Lowdown

By Author: Angela Martin
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One in every 10 patients experiences a medical error. Keeping this in mind, the National Patient Safety Goals (NPSG) are a specific set of initiatives designed to promote improvement in patient safety by providing healthcare organizations with proven solutions to patient safety problems. The ongoing evolution of this program is a reflection of how complex the processes of health care are going to change before sustainable improvements in patient safety can take place.
Last year, the Joint Commission released the 2010 National Patient Safety Goals (NPSG). The 2010 patient safety goals contain 11 requirements, down from 20 in the year 2009. The nine missing goals have not been removed and are now regular standards instead. These goals do not cover scoring information, service applicability, or final editorial changes that may be made.
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