Safety in numbers: The development of leapfrog's composite patient safety score for U.S. hospitals

Journal of Patient Safety

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 64-71

  Austin, J Matthew ^a   D'Andrea, Guy ^b   Birkmeyer, John D ^c   Leape, Lucian L ^d   Milstein, Arnold ^e   Pronovost, Peter J ^a   Romano, Patrick S ^f   Singer, Sara J ^d   Vogus, Timothy J ^g   Wachter, Robert M ^h  

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

^b Discern Consulting   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

composite; hospital; patient safety; performance measures; score

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EVALUATION STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL ERROR; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT SAFETY; SAFETY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84894518683     PISSN: 15498417     EISSN: 15498425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PTS.0b013e3182952644     Document Type: Article

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