On behalf of the UAB Health System Board of Directors and our senior
leadership team, I am pleased to share with you our 2017 Quality and Patient
Safety Annual Report. Just as in years past, the information contained in
these pages is a reflection of the countless hours spent by hundreds of team
members working to improve the care we provide to patients across our
organization.
We continue to work toward becoming one of the top 10 ranked academic
medical centers in quality and patient safety. By sharing with you our progress
toward attainment of various self-identified goals and priorities and the many
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improvement efforts that have been pursued along the way, it is my hope that
you will appreciate the work over the past year and will be convinced of our
commitment to delivering excellent patient care.
While this journey most certainly continues, we are glad to be able to provide this update on how we
are pursuing our quality and patient safety goals and look forward to building on these successes in
subsequent years.
Loring W. Rue III, MD
Chief Medical Officer
UAB Health System