January 23, 2004

Partners Signature Initiatives

1. Investing in quality and utilization infrastructure.
2. Enhancing patient safety by reducing medication errors systemwide.
3. Enhancing uniform high quality by measuring performance to benchmark for selected inpatient and outpatient conditions.
4. Expanding disease management programs by supporting activities for certain patients with chronic illnesses.
5. Improving cost effectiveness through managing utilization trends and analysis of variance.