Physician perception of hospital safety and barriers to incident reporting.

Joel M. Schectman; Margaret Plews-Ogan

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Physician perception of hospital safety and barriers to incident reporting.

May 31, 2006

Schectman JM, Plews-Ogan M. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2006;32(6):337-43.

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The investigators surveyed internal medicine physicians regarding perceived barriers to reporting adverse events and ways to increase reporting.

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