"Chance favors only the prepared mind": Preparing minds to systematically reduce hazards in the testing process in primary care

Journal of Patient Safety

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 20-28

  Singh, Ranjit ^a   Hickner, John ^b   Mold, Jim ^c   Singh, Gurdev ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

improvement science; medical errors; systems approach; team resource management; testing process

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; COGNITIVE DISSONANCE; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIANS' OFFICES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84894556934     PISSN: 15498417     EISSN: 15498425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PTS.0b013e3182a5f81a     Document Type: Article

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