Is ambulatory patient safety just like hospital safety, only without the "stat"?

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 145, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 547-549

  Wachter, Robert M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; BREAST CANCER; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EDITORIAL; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MALPRACTICE; MEDICATION ERROR; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SURGICAL ERROR; HOSPITAL; NOTE; SAFETY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

AMBULATORY CARE; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALPRACTICE; SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750138951     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-145-7-200610030-00014     Document Type: Editorial

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