Sponsored Content: QI Macros: Get a Better Hospital in 5 Days
Sponsored Content: QI Macros: Get a Better Hospital in 5 Days
Addressing preventable errors to improve quality of care, patient safety
- Publication:
- Quality Progress
- Date:
- June 2026
- Issue:
- Volume 59 Issue 6
- Pages:
- pp. 52-53
- Author(s):
- Arthur, Jay
- Organization(s):
- QI Macros
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Abstract
An estimated 40 to 50 patients out of every 100 will suffer some sort of preventable “harm” during their hospital stays. Some harms are minor, but many cause temporary or lasting disability or even death. From a Six Sigma perspective, this process is worse than 1-sigma (300,000 ppm).
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