HHS’ Partnership for Patients initiative calls on HENs to achieve a 40 percent reduction in certain healthcare-associated conditions by December 2014. LifePoint reports its HEN is well on the right track to achieve this benchmark, already reporting a 38 percent reduction in these conditions at the end of the first quarter of 2014.
“Quality and safety are our top priorities and the cornerstones of care,” said William Carpetner III, chairman and CEO of LifePoint Hospitals, in a news release. “We are delighted to see that our efforts over the past two and a half years have resulted in improvements in crucial areas and provided positive results for our patients.”
LifePoint is the only for-profit organization chosen by CMS to serve as a HEN.
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