Slow progress on meeting hospital safety standards: Learning from the leapfrog group's efforts

Health Affairs

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 27-35

  Moran, John ^a   Scanlon, Dennis ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTERIZED PROVIDER ORDER ENTRY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; SAFETY; STANDARD;

DATA COLLECTION; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; MEDICAL ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS; MEDICATION SYSTEMS, HOSPITAL; PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES, ONLINE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84872093036     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2011.0056     Document Type: Article

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