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Innovating for a healthier tomorrow
2011 ANNUAL REPORT
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Patient Safety First Payment Innovation IBM Watson
We know it takes dedication and strong collaborations to make big-picture improvements
to the health care system. Our partnership with the National Health Foundation and three
regional hospital associations is instrumental in finding ways to improve patient safety. The
Patient Safety First initiative is the largest collaboration of its kind, focused on improving
health care quality and saving lives by reducing avoidable medical errors.
Reducing hospital acquired infections, deaths caused by infection, and birth trauma are
three areas we can positively impact. One year in, the Patient Safety First initiative has
helped save more than 800 lives, avoid hospital acquired infections in more than 300
patients and save millions of dollars on patient care. It’s successes like these that make
working with our partners toward a shared goal so powerful.
HEALTHIER SYSTEM
Improving patient health and wellbeing requires a
health care system that is smarter and more efficient
than today’s. We are paving the way by partnering
with physicians and other industry leaders to bring
next-generation tools to patient care.
Innovating for a healthier system