Health Care Quality
Keeping patients safe in health care settings is fundamental to achieving high-quality health care for all Americans. Our current initiatives aim to increase patient safety through prevention strategies focused on adverse drug events and health care-associated infections.
News & Announcements
Posted on Jan 03, 2019
The National Clinical Care Commission (NCCC) will conduct its second meeting on Wednesday, January 16, 2019, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. ET. This meeting will be held virtually and registration is now open to the public.
ODPHP hosted the first NCCC in-person public meeting in October 2018. The meeting featured presentations about major federal efforts in diabetes from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Indian Health Service (IHS), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).…
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Featured Initiatives
Many ADEs (injuries that result from medical intervention related to a drug) are preventable. Our national action plan to prevent ADEs seeks to engage leaders at all levels to use evidence-based guidelines and strategies to help prevent ADEs.
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HAIs (infections people get while they are receiving health care) are a significant cause of illness and death. Our national action plan to reduce HAIs provides a road map for preventing HAIs in health care facilities.
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This interactive training for health professionals promotes the appropriate, safe, and effective use of opioids to manage chronic pain.
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This online video-simulation training program focuses on HAI prevention for clinicians, health professional students, and patient advocates.
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