Three kinds of proactive risk analyses for health care

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 365-375

  Coles, Garill ^a   Fuller, Becky ^b   Nordquist, Kathleen ^c,d   Weissenberger, Steve ^e   Anderson, Leann ^f   Dubois, Brooke ^g  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Kadlec Regional Medical Center   (United States)

^c Kennewick General Hospital   (United States)

^d Mirasol Family Health Center   (United States)

^e Lourdes Health Network   (United States)

^f Patient Care Services   (United States)

^g Benton Franklin Community Health Alliance   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PATIENT TRANSFER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 77957724154     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1553-7250(10)36055-7     Document Type: Article

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