Healthcare provider complaints to the emergency department: a preliminary report on a new quality improvement instrument.

R T Griffey; J S Bohan

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Healthcare provider complaints to the emergency department: a preliminary report on a new quality improvement instrument.

November 29, 2006

Griffey RT, Bohan JS. Qual Saf Health Care. 2006;15(5):344-6.

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This study found that other health care providers were a relatively frequent source of complaints for the emergency department, and the issues they raised could be used to identify opportunities to improve quality and safety.

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