Actionable Patient Safety Solutions (APSS): Creating a Foundation for Safe and Reliable Care

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Actionable Patient Safety Solutions (APSS): Creating a Foundation for Safe and Reliable Care

January 1, 2020

Irvine, CA: The Patient Safety Movement; 2020.

Patient safety success requires leadership, resources, and a strategic approach. This publication shares a model for improvement that involves developing a safety culture, a system-focused framework, and plan to sustain the effort.

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