Enhancing safety reporting in adult ambulatory oncology with a clinician champion: a practice innovation.

Saul N Weingart; Jessica Price; Deborah Duncombe; Maureen Connor; Karen Conley; Genevieve J Conlin; Amy M Sullivan; Mark Powell; Patricia Reid Ponte; Barbara E Bierer

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Enhancing safety reporting in adult ambulatory oncology with a clinician champion: a practice innovation.

February 11, 2009

Weingart SN, Price J, Duncombe D, et al. J Nurs Care Qual. 2009;24(3):203-10.

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This study reports on a patient safety rounding program implemented in an outpatient setting to boost reporting of near misses, adverse events, and unsafe conditions.

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