Request for Information: Creating a National Healthcare System Action Alliance to Advance Patient Safety.

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Request for Information: Creating a National Healthcare System Action Alliance to Advance Patient Safety.

December 21, 2022

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Fed Register. December 12, 2022;87:76046-76048.

Partnerships are needed to motivate, design, and implement lasting innovation in complex situations. This announcement calls for stakeholder insights on the work of the National Healthcare System Action Alliance to Advance Patient Safety and how it can best realize its mission and goals. The deadline for submitting comments has passed.

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