Providence Health & Services is committed to
cultivating a safe environment for our patients. As part of our quality commitment, we are working to:
- Develop and achieve measurable short- and long-term patient safety goals, focusing especially on reducing injuries and infections that occur during care.
- Identify and implement best practices of care to improve safety in critical care units and other areas.
- Improve communication between all of the people who care for a patient and his or her family.
- Encourage reporting of adverse incidents and share the lessons we learn from these.
- Actively engage Providence leadership, physicians, nurses and other clinicians in improving clinical quality and safety.
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