Ambulatory patient safety: The time is now

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 170, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 1487-1489

  Tang, Ning ^a   Meyer, Gregg S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ERROR; NOTE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; SAFETY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AMBULATORY CARE; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; NORTH CAROLINA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956933323     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2010.308     Document Type: Note

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