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Back in 2012, Oregon hospitals embarked on a two-year national initiative to increase quality and reduce harm through the CMS Partnership for Patients initiative. The effort brought together hospital leaders, employers, physicians, nurses, and patient advocates to help make hospital care safer and less costly. What we’ve been able to accomplish in the last two years is impressive.
The goals of Partnership for Patients are twofold. First, the aim is to keep patients from getting injured or sicker by decreasing preventable hospital-acquired conditions by 40 percent. The second goal is to reduce by 20 percent preventable complications during a transition from one care setting to another. Achieving this goal means that patients can recover from illness without suffering preventable complications that require re-hospitalization within 30 days of discharge.