Maryland Center recognized for "Innovation in patient safety and quality" from JCAHO and NQI
Staff Development Weekly: Insight on Evidence-Based Practice in Education, October 7, 2005
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The Baltimore-based Maryland Patient Safety Center has received the 2005 John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Award for Innovation in Patient Safety and Quality at a National or Regional Level, awarded by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) and the National Quality Forum (NQI).
The Center received the award for implementing a unique and comprehensive statewide approach to patient safety improvement. It did this by bringing together a public-private partnership of healthcare providers and policymakers to study and learn from safety errors. The Center seeks to make Maryland hospitals and nursing homes the safest in the nation.
Source: JCAHO news release
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