2024 National Impact Assessment of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Quality Measures Report.
Baltimore, MD: US Department of Health and Human Services; 2024.
Data demonstrated that patient safety indicators had either improved or had stable performance before the COVID pandemic, but experienced performance degradation after 2021. Lessons learned are included to enhance the resilience of the health care system for future emergencies, such as the creation of metrics to track workplace safety as a component of quality.