Quality: performance improvement, teamwork, information technology and protocols.

Nana E. Coleman; Steven Pon

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Quality: performance improvement, teamwork, information technology and protocols.

April 17, 2013

Coleman NE, Pon S. Crit Care Clin. 2013;29(2):129-51.

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This commentary describes several quality improvement initiatives and their specific benefits, including incident reporting, teamwork, and information technology.

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