Partnership for Patients

The Partnership for Patients is a public-private partnership that will help improve the quality, safety and affordability of health care for all Americans. With funding provided by the Affordable Care Act and leveraging a number of ongoing programs, the Department of Health and Human Services will work with public and private partners to achieve two core goals – keeping patients from getting injured or sicker in the health care system and helping patients heal without complication by improving transitions from acute-care hospitals to other care settings, like home or a skilled nursing facility. Hospital Engagement Networks (HENs) will help identify solutions already working to reduce health care acquired conditions, and work to spread them to other hospitals and health care providers. https://partnershipforpatients.cms.gov/