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Improving America's Hospitals - A Report on Quality and Safety
March 14, 2007

Read transcript from March 20, 2007 press conference

  • News release: New Joint Commission Report Portrays Patient Safety and Health Care Quality Performance of Nation’s Hospitals
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Biographies

  • Carolyn M. Clancy, M.D., director, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
  • Gerald M. Shea, assistant to the president for External Relations, AFL-CIO
  • Richard J. Umbdenstock, FACHE, president, American Hospital Association
  • Jerod M. Loeb, Ph.D., executive vice president, Research, The Joint Commission


Improving America's Hospitals - A Report on Quality and Safety

  • Improving America's Hospitals - A Report on Quality and Safety


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