In designing a quality, safe healthcare environment, the primary emphasis needs to be on:
a. Evidence-based practice.
b. Informatics.
c. Staffing.
d. The patient.
ANS: D
Focusing on the patient moves care from concern about who controls care to a focus on what care is provided to and with patients, which was an aim identified in the IOM report Crossing the Quality Chasm.
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