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Health care improvement affects us all and is not optional. For change to occur, consumers must demand excellence from their providers and clinicians. Patient safety is part of a broader set of health care quality issues. Championing this view will not be easy, for it means fundamental change to the myriad interrelated systems that make up U.S. health care. HHS is taking the lead on patient safety through a number of initiatives and activities.

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