Ambulatory patient safety. What we know and need to know.

Terry Hammons; Neill F. Piland; Stephen D. Small; Martin J. Hatlie; Helen Burstin

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Ambulatory patient safety. What we know and need to know.

March 6, 2005

Hammons T, Piland NF, Small SD, et al. J Ambul Care Manage. 2013;26(1):63-82.

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This article reports on a multidisciplinary conference to develop a research agenda on patient safety in ambulatory care.

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