Making the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 work.

Radhika Vemula; Robyn Assaf; A F Al-Assaf

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Making the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 work.

September 26, 2007

Vemula R, Assaf R, Al-Assaf AF. J Healthc Qual. 2007;29(4):6-10.

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The authors discuss strategies to make the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 succeed, including the use of incentives, continuing education, and residency program reform.

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