Patient safety and quality improvement: an overview of QI.

Jan Schriefer; Michael Leonard

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Patient safety and quality improvement: an overview of QI.

August 29, 2012

Schriefer J, Leonard M. Pediatr Rev. 2012;33(8):353-9; quiz 359-60.

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This commentary describes strategies to improve quality and safety in health care systems, including root cause analysis and failure mode and effect analysis.

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