The Preventable Harm Index: an effective motivator to facilitate the drive to zero.

Richard J. Brilli; Richard E. McClead; Terrance Davis; Linda Stoverock; Anamarie Rayburn; Janet C. Berry

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The Preventable Harm Index: an effective motivator to facilitate the drive to zero.

October 27, 2010

Brilli RJ, McClead RE, Davis T, et al. J Pediatr. 2010;157(4):681-3.

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This commentary describes how a tool developed to aggregate preventable events helped one institution to motivate hospital staff and leadership in patient safety work.

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