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Leveraging technical and managerial changes to improve safety.
Pronovost P, Heifetz RA. Hosp Health Netw. March 27, 2007.

The authors describe a model for change that combines clinical and leadership best practices to reduce infections in intensive care units. The model was implemented at Johns Hopkins and on a larger scale in Michigan hospitals.
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