The Milwaukee patient safety collaborative: When safety trumps competition

Wisconsin Medical Journal

Volumn 105, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 40-41

  Leonhardt, Kathryn Kraft ^a,b  

^a Milwaukee Patient Safety Collaborative   (United States)

^b AURORA HEALTH CARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CARE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MILWAUKEE BRACE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN; SHORT SURVEY;

ADVISORY COMMITTEES; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; ECONOMIC COMPETITION; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; WISCONSIN;

EID: 33845875443     PISSN: 10981861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

References (3)

1. Institute of Medicine Committee on Quality of Health Care in America. Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press; 2001.
2. The Medical Society of Milwaukee County. Available at: www.medicalsocietymilwaukee. org. Accessed November 16, 2006.
3. Leonhardt KK, Botticelli J. Effectiveness of a community collaborative for eliminating the use of high-risk abbreviations written by physicians. J Patient Saf. 2006;2:147-153.