2016 Federal Employees of the Year: Dr. Paul McGann, Jean Moody-Williams and Dennis Wagner

Each year, tens of thousands of hospital patients die in the U.S. due to medical errors and avoidable infections—devastating families, costing hospitals billions of dollars and eroding citizens’ trust in the health care system.

Dr. Paul McGann, Jean Moody- Williams and Dennis Wagner created a unique public-private initiative to increase patient safety and reduce hospital readmissions, which has led to an unprecedented 39 percent reduction in preventable patient harm from five years earlier. The plummeting number of hospital errors—2.1 million fewer—has saved 87,000 lives and nearly $20 billion.

Learn more about the team’s accomplishments at servicetoamericamedals.org.