Hospital patient safety: characteristics of best-performing hospitals.

Daniel R Longo; John E Hewett; Bin Ge; Shari Schubert

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Hospital patient safety: characteristics of best-performing hospitals.

June 20, 2007

Longo DR, Hewett JE, Ge B, et al. J Healthc Manag. 2007;52(3):188-204; discussion 204-5.

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This study sought to identify organizational characteristics associated with greater implementation of patient safety systems and found that only Joint Commission accreditation predicted more comprehensive use of such measures.

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