A framework for health care organizations to develop and evaluate a safety scorecard

JAMA

Volumn 298, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 2063-2065

  Pronovost, Peter J ^a,b,c   Berenholtz, Sean M ^a   Needham, Dale M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; ARTICLE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SAFETY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

BENCHMARKING; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35848934555     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.298.17.2063     Document Type: Note

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