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Coalition for Advancing Safer Healthcare
- 1 in 4receiving health care experience harm in the U.S.
- 50%of patient harm events are not captured by hospitals
- $35Bamount U.S. healthcare pays annually for preventable harm
The goal of the Coalition for Advancing Safer Healthcare (CASH) is to advance the vision of an ideal yet feasible health system of the future—Ambition Health System—that prioritizes safety and prevents harm before it happens.
With a focus on four strategic areas—Large-Scale Health System Technology, Human Factors Solutions, Data for Improvement, and Direct-to-Consumer Technology—partner hubs have led national, multidisciplinary work groups to conceptualize safety solutions for Ambition Health System.
Read the new report "Safe By Design"
Prepared by the Coalition for Advancing Safer Healthcare and released in July 2026, the report guides health systems’ boards and leadership in achieving their safety aspirations and becoming the best-in-class model to which they aspire.
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CASH Partners
Johns Hopkins Medicine Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality
MedStar Health National Center for Human Factors in Healthcare
UC San Diego Health Joan & Irwin Jacobs Center for Health Innovation
University of Utah Center for Evaluation of Health AI Research
The Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative (PRHI), as a non-profit operating arm of the Jewish Healthcare Foundation, will serve as the CASH coordinating team. To date, more than 100 national leaders in patient safety, health care delivery, technology, policy, and patient advocacy have contributed to the work of CASH.