Framework for patient safety research and improvement.

Peter Pronovost; Christine A Goeschel; Jill A Marsteller; Bryan Sexton; Julius C Pham; Sean M Berenholtz

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Framework for patient safety research and improvement.

February 4, 2009

Pronovost P, Goeschel CA, Marsteller JA, et al. Circulation. 2009;119(2):330-7.

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This article proposes a framework to further patient safety research and improvement by clarifying the clinical and policy domains that link to a safety scorecard.

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