Despite significant focus on patient safety in the last 25 years, improvements have been modest at best. The new Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Patient Safety Structural Measure (PSSM) helps hospitals take a step back from the historical focus on outcomes (e.g., falls or infection rates) and instead level up to a focus on structures, culture, and leadership.
Our new fact sheet discusses the goals and requirements of the new measure, what this means for healthcare organizations, and actions to take for meaningful improvement.
