Improving patient safety seeks to prevent adverse events leading to patient harm arising as a result of medical care.

In the past decade, thousands of lives have been saved because of innovative efforts to reduce healthcare-associated infections and prevent surgical complications. Missouri hospitals work aggressively to reduce patient harm.

MHA Resources

Patient Safety Dashboard

To support hospital’s efforts in meeting the new CMS Patient Safety Structural Measures that took effect Jan. 1, 2025, we have developed a new Patient Safety Dashboard within the Care Optics® Portfolio.

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2019 Aim for Excellence Annual Quality Report

MHA’s Annual Quality Report summarizes the progress and trends of specific quality measures related to infections, readmissions and improving safety. MHA staff support a culture of shared responsibility that holds organizations accountable for the systems they design, while promoting an open and honest reporting environment

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“To Err Is Human” 20th Anniversary

Missouri’s health care providers have made significant progress in their efforts to reduce patient harm since the “To Err Is Human” report was issued in 1999. MHA developed a timeline to explain how Missouri hospitals have invested in quality and patient safety improvement throughout the past 20 years. Shared learning, better systems and increased transparency are helping advance safe, high-quality care in all hospitals.

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Resources

The Guide to Improving Patient Safety in Primary Care Settings by Engaging Patients and Families

This guide from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is a resource to help primary care practices partner with patients and their families to improve patient safety. It includes materials and resources to implement patient and family engagement to improve patient safety.

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Leading a Culture of Safety: A Blueprint for Success

To help health care leaders achieve their mission of total system safety, the American College of Healthcare Executives and the National Patient Safety Foundation’s Lucian Leape Institute partnered to develop this guide, which is intended to assist leaders in creating, shaping and sustaining the type of culture needed to advance patient and workforce safety efforts. It is designed to inspire, motivate and inform your organization on its journey to zero harm.

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Patient Safety

Improving patient safety seeks to prevent adverse events leading to patient harm arising as a result of medical care.

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