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There are many concerns regarding the healthcare system today Concerns such as availability cost and reliability There are two major concerns that are affecting many people These growing concerns are over the quality and safety of health care Americans have a growing concern on the quality of care they are receiving and how their wellbeing and safety issues are being handled There are opportunities and challenges in improving the safety and quality of care in the healthcare field Most of these challenges and opportunities are focused on redesigning the organizations and their processes These organizations need to focus on system improvements According to Donald Lighter Director of The Institute for Healthcare Improving the quality of care is a rather general concept but it translates into one important goal that of patient safety One of the biggest concerns with health care is the quality of care Today Americans are very displeased with the current quality of health care Most Americans of 54 are now dissatisfied with the overall quality of healthcare in the United States the first majority in three polls since 1993 and up ten points since 2000 Langer 2003
