The TRANSFORM Patient Safety Project: A Microsystem Approach to Improving Outcomes on Inpatient Units

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 425-433

  Braddock, Clarence H ^a   Szaflarski, Nancy ^b   Forsey, Lynn ^c   Abel, Lynn ^b   Hernandez Boussard, Tina ^d   Morton, John ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Mills Peninsula Health Services   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

clinical microsystem; patient safety; safety culture; simulation training; teamwork

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NURSE; PATIENT SAFETY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; STANDARDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRENDS;

COHORT STUDIES; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; NURSES; PATIENT SAFETY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84939999773     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-014-3067-7     Document Type: Article

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