HHS "Partnership For Patients" Plan Includes Goal Of Halving Preventable Drug Adverse Events In Hospitals
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
New initiative's targets also include reducing preventable hospital-acquired conditions 40% by the end of 2013.
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