Overarching goals: a strategy for improving healthcare quality and safety?

Karen C. Nanji; Timothy Ferris; David F. Torchiana; Gregg S. Meyer

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Overarching goals: a strategy for improving healthcare quality and safety?

December 19, 2012

Nanji KC, Ferris T, Torchiana DF, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2013;22(3):187-93.

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This review discusses how setting ambitious goals can drive staff participation in quality and safety improvement efforts.

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