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The 100,000 Lives Campaign: setting a goal and a deadline for improving health care quality.
January 25, 2006
Berwick DM, Calkins DR, McCannon CJ, et al. JAMA. 2006;295(3).
The authors discuss the six interventions proposed by the 100,000 Lives Campaign and how these propose to improve the standard of care nationwide. The six campaign interventions are: Deploy Rapid Response Teams; Deliver Reliable Evidence-Based Care for Acute Myocardial Infarction; Prevent Adverse Drug Events Through Medication Reconciliation; Prevent Central-Line Infections; Prevent Surgical Site Infections; and Prevent Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
