An organizational learning framework for patient safety.

Marc T Edwards

Commentary

An organizational learning framework for patient safety.

April 13, 2016

Edwards MT. American Journal of Medical Quality. 2016;32(2).

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Organizations are encouraged to learn from their failures, but evidence shows that changes after errors are not always implemented. This commentary presents a model to help organizations learn from system failures through focusing on improvements that align collaboration, accountability, culture, and process enhancement with elements of high reliability.

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