“We’re going to celebrate in San Diego with everybody, but once the [annual] meeting is over, we’re going to roll up our sleeves. There’s a heck of a lot more work to get done.”
Richard Quinn is a freelance writer based in New Jersey.
Who is John M. Eisenberg?
NQF and The Joint Commission launched the John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety Awards in 2002. Dr. Eisenberg, MD, MBS, was a former administrator of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and one of NQF’s founding leaders. He championed patient safety and healthcare quality until his death in 2002.—RQ