Entering the second decade of the patient safety movement: The field matures

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 169, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 1894-1896

  Wachter, Robert M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL ERROR; NOTE; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT;

CAUSE OF DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MEDICATION ERRORS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70449643250     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.351     Document Type: Note

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