In three years, 157 hospitals participating in the Premier health care alliance’s QUEST have saved an estimated 24,820 lives and reduced health care spending by nearly $4.5 billion.

QUEST can be adopted by any hospital in the nation seeking to track performance against a higher standard of care. If all hospitals in the country had been able to achieve similar results, estimates project an additional 87,250 lives and $34 billion more could be saved across all payers each year. These are savings that hospitals can use to reinvest in care improvements for their local communities.

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