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Effectiveness of a community collaborative for eliminating the use of high-risk abbreviations written by physicians.
Leonhardt KK, Botticelli J. J Patient Saf. 2006;2:147-153.
The authors describe the development of a collaborative model to reduce physician use of dangerous abbreviations and discuss its successful implementation and positive outcomes.
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