Building a highway to quality health care.

Sam Watson; Peter Pronovost

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Building a highway to quality health care.

September 7, 2016

Watson S, Pronovost P. J Patient Saf. 2016;12(3):165-6.

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Substantial progress has been made in improving health care safety, but more work is needed to optimize those efforts. Advocating for the development of an infrastructure that supports safety improvement, this editorial suggests that performance measures, initiative coordination, and recognition of local successes are ways to advance patient safety.

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