The Department of Health and Human Services is seeking public comment about the development of a National Healthcare System Patient Safety Action Alliance.
According to the RFI, the Action Alliance is intended to support improvements across healthcare settings, including home health care, as well as between care settings.
“Patient and workforce safety are not separate priorities they are central to everything healthcare systems do,” according to the RFI.
HHS is seeking responses to the following questions:
1. What can HHS bring to the Action Alliance in terms of coordination, alignment, tools, training, and other non-financial resources to support the effectiveness of the Action Alliance in assisting healthcare delivery systems and others in advancing patient and healthcare worker safety?
2. How can the voluntary Action Alliance most effectively support healthcare delivery systems and other stakeholders in advancing patient and workforce safety? Are there specific priorities for different types of systems or setting of care? What stakeholders should be part of the Action Alliance to make it most effective?
3. What are other national patient and workforce safety initiatives that the Action Alliance should be aware of and how can the Action Alliance best collaborate, coordinate, and avoid duplication with them?
4. How can the Action Alliance best support healthcare systems in advancing healthcare equity within their patient and workforce safety efforts, including through redesign of care delivery?
5. Are there specific practices or innovations that healthcare delivery systems or others have implemented during or post-pandemic, including practices focused on populations that experience health disparities and individuals living in rural communities, that others could benefit from learning about? Please share any specific details and sharable outcomes data regarding innovations if applicable.
6. What are the main challenges healthcare delivery systems and others are facing in meeting their commitments to advancing patient and healthcare worker safety as they emerge from the pandemic? Are there challenges that are specific to different types of systems, settings of care, or populations of people?