Benefits of a rapid response system at a community hospital.

Patty Gessner

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Benefits of a rapid response system at a community hospital.

May 30, 2007

Gessner P. The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety. 2016;33(6).

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The author describes experience with a rapid response team (RRT) program, discusses a case in which an RRT was deployed, and compares how that care would have differed prior to the RRT initiative.

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