Patient safety: Getting there from here - Quality management is the best patient safety program

Clinical Leadership and Management Review

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 311-315

  Berte, Lucia M ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; COMPETENCE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LABORATORY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; POLICY; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; VALIDATION PROCESS;

HUMANS; LABORATORIES; MEDICAL ERRORS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 10644244341     PISSN: 15273954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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