A framework for operationalizing risk: a practical approach to patient safety.

Simon C Mathews; Kathleen Sutcliffe; Margaret R Garrett; Peter Pronovost; Lori A Paine

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A framework for operationalizing risk: a practical approach to patient safety.

May 2, 2018

Mathews SC, Sutcliffe K, Garrett MR, et al. J Healthc Risk Manag. 2018;38(1):38-46.

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The patient safety community continues to struggle with implementation and sustainability of improvement programs. This commentary describes how one academic medical center used assessment tools to monitor, measure, and improve safety at the patient, provider, unit, and system levels in the organization.

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