Developing a patient measure of safety (PMOS).

Sally J. Giles; Rebecca Lawton; Ikhlaq Din; Rosemary R C McEachan

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Developing a patient measure of safety (PMOS).

March 20, 2013

Giles SJ, Lawton R, Din I, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2013;22(7):554-62.

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Prior studies have shown that patients can detect safety hazards that may not be identified by other techniques, and this study used patient interviews to develop a formal patient questionnaire for measuring patient safety.

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