Patient safety: Let's measure what matters

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 160, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 642-643

  Thomas, Eric J ^a   Classen, David C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAREGIVER; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; NOTE; PATIENT HARM; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MANDATORY REPORTING; MEDICAL ERRORS; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84900426212     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/M13-2528     Document Type: Note

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