The PSMF, when available, will use the mortality rates associated with Hospital Acquired Conditions targeted in the Partnership  for  Patient’s  grant  funded  Hospital  Engagement  Networks  (HEN).  The  program  targeted  10  hospital acquired  conditions  to  reduce  medical  harm  and  costs  of  care. “ At  the  outset  of  the  PfP  initiative,  HHS  agencies contributed  their  expertise  to  developing  a  measurement  strategy  by  which  to  track  national  progress  in  patient safety—both in general and specifically related to the preventable HACs being addressed by the PfP. In conjunction with  CMS’s  overall  leadership  of  the  PfP,  AHRQ  has  helped  coordinate  development  and  use  of  the  national measurement  strategy.  The  results  using  this  national  measurement  strategy  have  been  referred  to  as  the “ AHRQ National Scorecard,”  which provides summary data on the national HAC rate (7).\cite{00023}