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Quality of health care

Medicine is an evolving and increasingly complex field. As with other practices, the quality of services varies with provider experience, expertise, protocols and standards. The Duke Endowment invests in the quality and safety of patient care through programs that equip providers to improve care and reduce preventable medical errors.

Explore a sample of our work in improving the quality of health care, and find out what we're learning along the way, by choosing a topic below.

Issue snapshots

 
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A Networked Approach

Collaborative networks, such as the one that includes Alliance Medical Ministry, are improving care for uninsured patients.

 
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Smoking Cessation

Hospitals are helping patients, visitors and employees quit smoking through a tobacco cessation system.

 
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Providing Free Care

Free clinics in North Carolina and South Carolina provided medical care for the uninsured.