Toward a safer health care system the critical need to improve measurement

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 315, Issue 17, 2016, Pages 1831-1832

  Jha, Ashish ^a   Pronovost, Peter ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECUBITUS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FALLING; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MEDICAL ERROR; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NOTE; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES (U.S.); DATA COLLECTION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DISCLOSURE; HUMANS; PATIENT SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84971619065     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2016.3448     Document Type: Note

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