title: Leapfrog Group patient safety initiatives draw kudos, criticism.
abstract: Just over a year ago, the Leapfrog Group proposed a three-pronged patient safety initiative. One year later, the group is finding that many hospitals and health systems across the country are looking closely at the recommendations and making changes. But, it also is finding that it has become a lightning rod within the health care community in debates on whether these proposals are the best way now to proceed in improving patient safety.
mesh_terms: D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006786:Hospitals, Urban / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000592:standards; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D017751:Safety Management / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States