Framework for patient safety research and improvement

Circulation

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 330-337

  Pronovost, Peter J ^a,b,d,e   Goeschel, Christine A ^a   Marsteller, Jill A ^d   Sexton, J Bryan ^a,d   Pham, Julius C ^a,c   Berenholtz, Sean M ^a,b  

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

^b Audiology   (United States)

^c Emergency Medicine Department

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

^e Quality and Safety Research Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Patient safety; Research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK REDUCTION; VALIDATION PROCESS; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; RESEARCH; REVIEW; SAFETY;

HUMANS; PATIENT CARE; RESEARCH; SAFETY;

EID: 59849129414     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.729848     Document Type: Article

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