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Welcome
The Center for Patient Safety and Health Policy was established in April 2008 as a new initiative at UTHSCSA with Dr. Jan Patterson as the Director for the Center. Dr Patterson is a Professor of Internal Medicine (Infectious Diseases) and Pathology and is Chief of Medical Service, South Texas Veterans Health Care System.
Dr. Patterson has been on the faculty at UTHSCSA since 1993. She has twenty years of experience in the field of healthcare epidemiology and hospital-acquired infections and is the author of numerous publications. Over the past fifteen years she has held numerous notable leadership reflecting her professional skills as a leader, both in and outside of this institution.
The Center’s Mission is:
- to increase quality and safety of clinical care,
- enhance clinical effectiveness, and
- integrate quality improvement efforts into health services research and health policy,
- train the next generation of health professionals to incorporate quality improvement practices in their work.