A public health approach to patient safety reporting systems is urgently needed

Journal of Patient Safety

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 109-112

  Noble, Douglas J ^a   Panesar, Sukhmeet S ^b   Pronovost, Peter J ^c  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL PATIENT SAFETY AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

epidemiology; patient safety; public health; reporting systems

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; ONLINE SYSTEM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 79958048321     PISSN: 15498417     EISSN: 15498425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PTS.0b013e31821b8a6c     Document Type: Article

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