Why Did Health Care Facilities Need to Establish Quality Standards

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Essay

Why did health care facilities need to establish quality standards in patient care? Which two organizations began to assist in establishing patient care standards in hospitals?

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Manhattan Project

The code name for the U.S.-led research during World War II that developed the first nuclear weapons.

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