Bipartisan Legislation Makes Patient Safety a National Priority
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Monday, March 11, 2024
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This landmark bipartisan legislation, announced during Patient Safety Awareness Week, is a critical step to improve safety for patients and healthcare providers by adopting patient safety solutions.
Key Points:
- This landmark bipartisan legislation, announced during Patient Safety Awareness Week, is a critical step to improve safety for patients and healthcare providers by adopting patient safety solutions.
- The National Patient Safety Board Act would create a National Patient Safety Board (NPSB), a data-driven, nonpunitive, collaborative, independent research and development team housed within the Department of Health and Human Services to address safety in health care.
- The establishment of a National Patient Safety Board would enable a collaborative, evidence-based and scalable solution to optimize patient safety across our country’s healthcare system,” said Peter WT Pisters, MD, president of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
- “Patient safety is our number one priority for every decision we make as a health system.