254022 How the HHS HAI NAP is Morphing into the Partnership for Patients

Monday, October 31, 2011: 2:30 PM

James Battles, PhD , P, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD
     
This presentation will describe how intervention actions for the prevention and mitigation of healthcare associated infections are being integrated into the Partnership for Patients. It will also cover how the lessons learned from the HAI NAP are being applied to the new Partnership for Patients.

Learning Objectives:
1.Attendees will be able to describe how the HAI NAP is being included in the Partnership for Patients 2.Attendees will be able to describe how the lessons learned from the HAI NAP are being applied to the Partnership for Patients

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I coordinate the evaluation activities of the HAI National Action Plan for the Department of Health and Human Services and serve as AHRQ’s representative to the technical assistance and implementation group for the Partnership for Patients.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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