A framework for classifying patient safety practices: results from an expert consensus process.

Sydney M. Dy; Stephanie L. Taylor; Lauren H. Carr; Robbie Foy; Peter Pronovost; John Ovretveit; Robert Wachter; Lisa Rubenstein V; Susanne Hempel; Kathryn M. McDonald; Paul G. Shekelle

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A framework for classifying patient safety practices: results from an expert consensus process.

January 30, 2005

Dy SM, Taylor SL, Carr LH, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2011;20(7):618-24.

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This AHRQ-sponsored consensus panel defined a classification scheme for patient safety practices, including intervention characteristics as well as the context of the intervention and potential implementation issues.

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