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The Joint Commission: Over a century of quality and safety While participation in most accreditation programs is voluntary, in 1965 hospital accreditation became a requirement for participation in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. That trend continues and accreditation by key agencies is increasingly being linked to payment for healthcare goods and services.
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Institute for Healthcare Improvement founded to develop and drive measurable improvement in healthcare.
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To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System
A useful introduction to the importance of quality and safety in healthcare from the Institute of Medicine. -
Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century
In 2001, the Institute of Medicine and National Academies Press followed the "To Err is Human" report with "Crossing the Quality Chasm," which described improvement strategies. -
The Best Practice details the role played by Dr. Donald Berwick in the patient safety movement and his founding of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement.
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Affordable Care Act
Dr. Berwick became Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in 2010 and played a key role in the early implementation of the 2010 Affordable Care Act’s quality/safety provisions (Title III).
