Patient safety: Lessons learned

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 287-290

  Bagian, James P ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care; Patient safety

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MANDATORY REPORTING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; STANDARDIZATION;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645749516     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-006-0119-0     Document Type: Article

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