Implementing an interprofessional patient safety learning initiative: insights from participants, project leads and steering committee members.

Lianne Jeffs; Ilona Alex Abramovich; Chris Hayes; Orla Smith; Deborah Tregunno; Wai-Hin Chan; Scott Reeves

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Implementing an interprofessional patient safety learning initiative: insights from participants, project leads and steering committee members.

September 4, 2013

Jeffs L, Abramovich IA, Hayes C, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2013;22(11):923-930.

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This qualitative study identified key elements of successful local safety interventions. One prominent strategy was stakeholder ownership of a patient safety issue in a supportive interprofessional learning community.

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