The national coordinating council for medication error reporting and prevention: Promoting patient safety and quality through innovation and leadership

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 700-702

  Cousins, Diane D ^a   Heath, W Michael ^a  

^a UNITED STATES PHARMACOPEIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DOCUMENTATION; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MEDICATION ERROR; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SAFETY; STATISTICS;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; DOCUMENTATION; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MEDICATION ERRORS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES;

EID: 58249117630     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1553-7250(08)34091-4     Document Type: Article

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