Quality improvement and patient safety activities in academic departments of medicine

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 125, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 831-835

  Neeman, Naama ^a   Sehgal, Niraj L ^a   Davis, Roger B ^b   Aronson, Mark D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNDING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 84864208507     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: 15557162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2012.04.025     Document Type: Note

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