The Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005: provisions and potential opportunities.

Bryan A Liang; William Riley; William Rutherford; William R Hamman

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The Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005: provisions and potential opportunities.

January 31, 2007

Liang BA, Riley W, Rutherford W, et al. American Journal of Medical Quality. 2007;22(1).

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The authors discuss the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 and describe how it provides opportunities for safety improvement by enhancing both incident reporting and transparency about error.

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