Keeping our Promises: Research, Practice, and Policy Issues in Health Care Reliability.

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Keeping our Promises: Research, Practice, and Policy Issues in Health Care Reliability.

July 29, 2010

Reinertsen JL, Clancy C, Henriksen K, et al. Health Serv Res. 2006;41(4 Pt 2);1535–1720.

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This special issue includes articles on the application of high reliability organization (HRO) theory in health care, the role of sensemaking, HRO cultures, and policies that support reliability.

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