Commentary On the trail of quality and safety in health care. Citation Text: Grol R, Berwick DM, Wensing M. On the trail of quality and safety in health care. BMJ. 2008;336(7635):74-6. doi:10.1136/bmj.39413.486944.AD. Copy Citation Format: DOIGoogle ScholarPubMedBibTeXEndNote X3 XMLEndNote 7 XMLEndnote taggedPubMedIdRIS Download Citation Save Save to your library Print Share Facebook Twitter Linkedin Copy URL January 23, 2008 Grol R, Berwick DM, Wensing M. BMJ. 2008;336(7635):74-6. View more articles from the same authors. This article addresses the gap in health care quality and safety research and offers a list of topics for future study. The authors argue that the research community's attitude about this field of study must change. PubMed citation Available at Free full text Save Save to your library Print Share Facebook Twitter Linkedin Copy URL Cite Citation Citation Text: Grol R, Berwick DM, Wensing M. On the trail of quality and safety in health care. BMJ. 2008;336(7635):74-6. doi:10.1136/bmj.39413.486944.AD. Copy Citation Format: DOIGoogle ScholarPubMedBibTeXEndNote X3 XMLEndNote 7 XMLEndnote taggedPubMedIdRIS Download Citation Related Resources From the Same Author(s) Safety and risk management interventions in hospitals: a systematic review of the literature. October 28, 2009 Effectiveness of patient care teams and the role of clinical expertise and coordination: a literature review. September 16, 2009 Organizational culture, team climate and diabetes care in small office-based practices. October 8, 2008 Classification of medication incidents associated with information technology. October 9, 2013 Self-reported uptake of recommendations after dissemination of medication incident alerts. August 22, 2012 Patient safety in primary care has many aspects: an interview study in primary care doctors and nurses. May 26, 2010 Patient safety in out-of-hours primary care: a review of patient records. 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Safety and risk management interventions in hospitals: a systematic review of the literature. October 28, 2009
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Patient safety in primary care has many aspects: an interview study in primary care doctors and nurses. May 26, 2010
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Are health professionals' perceptions of patient safety related to figures on safety incidents? September 19, 2012
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Enabling a learning healthcare system with automated computer protocols that produce replicable and personalized clinician actions. August 4, 2021
Determinants of success of quality improvement collaboratives: what does the literature show? September 12, 2012
Measuring patient safety in real time: an essential method for effectively improving the safety of care. December 6, 2017
The 100,000 Lives Campaign: setting a goal and a deadline for improving health care quality. January 25, 2006
What practices will most improve safety? Evidence-based medicine meets patient safety. April 12, 2006
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Impact of a team and leaders-directed strategy to improve nurses' adherence to hand hygiene guidelines: a cluster randomised trial. May 22, 2013
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