International Patient Safety Goals (IPSG)
The International Patient Safety Goals (IPSG) promote specific improvements in patient safety. The goals
highlight problematic areas in health care and describe evidence- and expert-based consensus solutions to
problems related to patient safety. Recognizing that sound system design is intrinsic to the delivery of safe,
high-quality health care, the goals generally focus on systemwide solutions, whenever possible.
Access to Care and Continuity of Care (ACC)
These standards address which patient needs can be met by the hospital, the efficient flow of services to
patients, and the appropriate transfer or discharge of patients to their home or to another care setting.