The nurse knows that the primary purpose of the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 was to
a. create a government agency that tracks all patient safety problems.
b. encourage sharing of information to promote a culture of safety.
c. mandate patient safety programs and prescribe penalties for errors.
d. require hospitals create quality improvement initiatives for safety.
B
The primary purpose of this act was to encourage health care institutions to share information related to safety issues in a safe environment. This allows for trends to be identified that can be mitigated through safety programs and process improvement, thus creating a culture of safety.
The primary purpose of this act was not to create a new government agency to track safety problems.
The primary purpose of this act was to create a safe environment in which information can be shared to help create a culture of safety, not to penalize those who commit errors.
The Patient Safety and Quality Improvement act of 2005 does not require quality improvement initiatives.
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