National Patient Safety Goals (NPSGs) are established to

• A. Goals established to improve patient safety and guide hospitals in their strategic planning.
• B. Standards for hospital finances and billing
• C. Guidelines for hospital construction
• D. Protocols for clinical trials

Answer: (A)

National Patient Safety Goals focus on reducing harm to patients by setting concrete safety priorities and performance expectations that hospitals use to guide safety initiatives and strategic planning. They direct where to concentrate efforts—such as improving patient identification, communication, and medication safety—so organizations structure their programs and resources around safer care. They aren’t about finances, construction standards, or clinical trial procedures, which is why those options don’t fit.