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Case study: sustaining a culture of safety in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care System.
Chase D, McCarthy D. Quality Matters. April/May 2010.

This piece reports on the National Center for Patient Safety and its efforts to encourage teamwork, safety culture, and a systems approach to improvement.
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