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• Build on, accelerate and sustain
safety and quality improvement efforts already underway in participating
organizations • Enhance existing safety and quality initiatives to help the organization meet standards of key bodies, such as JCAHO, AHRQ, IHI, Leapfrog Group, and CMS • Assist organizations in pursuing public recognition, such as state quality awards or the Baldrige National Quality Award |
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| • Stimulate new thinking and understanding
of organization and systems characteristics that could prevent patient
injury • Provide tools and techniques for innovation, systemic problem-solving, and improvement based on proven models from Baldrige Award winning organizations • Renew and amplify middle management leadership and effectiveness in achieving and sustaining improvement • Foster a high-trust work environment and eliminate the climate of secrecy, blame and denial that can stand in the way of quality and safety improvement |
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• Engage personnel at all levels
in developing and implementing patient safety improvement efforts • Shift the safety orientation of personnel from minimal compliance to maximum commitment • Create an atmosphere of mutual respect and appreciation, shared learning, and open, honest and constructive communication • Increase awareness of the organization’s safety and quality improvements in the marketplace |
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For more
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