Health Affairs Article: "The Quality ‘Journey’ At Ascension Health: How We’ve Prevented At Least 1,500 Avoidable Deaths A Year—And Aim To Do Even Better"

This week, we'll be highlighting papers published in the new edition of Health Affairs, entitled "Still Crossing the Quality Chasm." This edition explores the question of quality as raised in the 2001 Institute of Medicine report, Crossing the Quality Chasm, and explores how far we have come since its publication... while also anticipating the road ahead.

"The Quality ‘Journey’ At Ascension Health: How We’ve Prevented At Least 1,500 Avoidable Deaths A Year—And Aim To Do Even Better"
Authors: David Pryor, Ann Hendrich, Robert J. Henkel, James K. Beckmann and Anthony R. Tersigni

In 2008, Ascension Health set the goal of reducing preventable deaths in their system by 900 each year.  By the 2010 fiscal year, they had surpassed this goal, reducing preventable deaths by more than 1,500 a year.  In this article, the authors share the health system's "quality journey" and their plans for the future.

Click here to read the piece.