Applying the Toyota Production System: using a patient safety alert system to reduce error.

Cathie Furman; Robert A Caplan

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Applying the Toyota Production System: using a patient safety alert system to reduce error.

July 11, 2007

Furman C, Caplan RA. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2007;33(7):376-386.

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The authors describe their institution's Patient Safety Alert system in which employees are required to stop activity and report situations that they believe may cause patient harm.

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