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Achieving quality health care--by stamping out mediocrity while supporting superior performances in all care processes--may seem to many in the health care industry a far-off realization. But, this area may be getting a kick-start soon with a new initiative, "Pursuing Perfection: Raising the Bar for Health Care Performance," funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation of Princeton, N.J., and managed by the Boston-based Institute for Healthcare Improvement. With the program, six health care organizations will be given opportunities to improve patient outcomes by "pursuing perfection across all their care processes."
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