Why Don't We Know Whether Care Is Safe?

American Journal of Medical Quality

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 457-463

  Pham, Julius Cuong ^a   Frick, Kevin D ^b   Pronovost, Peter J ^a  

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

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

improvement; measurement; patient safety; quality of care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; IMPROVEMENT; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL ERROR; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY OF CARE; UNITED STATES;

IMPROVEMENT; MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY OF CARE;

BENCHMARKING; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84885976541     PISSN: 10628606     EISSN: 1555824X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1062860613479397     Document Type: Article

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