{"id":34278,"date":"2009-04-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-08T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2009\/04\/08\/public-health-week-story-3-patient-safety-and-quality-care\/"},"modified":"2009-04-08T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-04-08T05:00:00","slug":"public-health-week-story-3-patient-safety-and-quality-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2009\/04\/08\/public-health-week-story-3-patient-safety-and-quality-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Health Week story 3 — Patient safety and quality care"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\nNursing students enrolled in community health courses in the UNMC College of Nursing also have activities planned in recognition of National Public Health Week.<\/p>\n

Students and faculty will talk about nursing careers with ninth and tenth graders at St. Peter Claver Cristo Rey on today from 11:30 a.m. to noon.<\/p>\n

On April 17 from 1 to 4:30 p.m., the UNMC College of Nursing, along with Douglas County Health Department and Omaha Healthy Start — a Charles Drew Health Center initiative — will provide free sexually transmitted diseases testing and counseling in the community.
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\n<\/TABLE>(EDITOR’S NOTE: The following story was submitted by the UNMC College of Public Health.)<\/I><\/p>\n

Experts agree that the U.S. health care system’s performance must improve substantially to consistently produce the best possible health outcomes<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Simply put, health care quality is getting the right care to the right patient at the right time — every time.<\/p>\n

One of the greatest barriers to improving patient safety and quality care is that the information needed to track patient safety is not available.<\/p>\n

Only 25 of 41 safety measures in the full NHQR measure set have data available for tracking recent trends<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The ultimate public policy goal is to increase value for America’s health care consumers and the system as a whole to:
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