Effect of a hospital command centre on patient safety: an interrupted time series study.

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Effect of a hospital command centre on patient safety: an interrupted time series study.

April 26, 2023

Mebrahtu TF, McInerney CD, Benn J, et al. BMJ Health Care Inform. 2023;30(1):e100653.

Command centers are an emerging approach to improve the delivery of safe care and identify clinical deterioration. This article describes the implementation of a command center at two hospitals in the United Kingdom, which led to improvements in mortality and readmissions but did not impact postoperative sepsis rates.

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