HHS Unveils Initial National Health Care Quality Strategy With Six Key Priorities

Share The federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a national strategy for quality improvement in health care with an emphasis on six key quality improvement areas. The six key priorities, along with their associated goals are: Making care safer by reducing harm caused in the delivery of care—eliminate preventable health care-acquired conditions Ensuring that care engages each person and family as partners—create a system that can capture and act on patient-reported preferences, desired outcomes, and satisfaction with care services Promoting effective communication and coordination of care—create a health care delivery system with . . .