Strategies to improve patient safety: The evidence base matures

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 158, Issue 5 PART 1, 2013, Pages 350-352

  Wachter, Robert M ^a   Pronovost, Peter J ^b   Shekelle, Paul G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b not available   (United States)

^c RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; CATHETER INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EDITORIAL; FALLING; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC);

EID: 84874692134     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-158-5-201303050-00010     Document Type: Editorial

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