Program encourages reporting accidents waiting to happen: the Good Catch Awards.

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Program encourages reporting accidents waiting to happen: the Good Catch Awards.

September 28, 2011

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This news article highlights a program at Johns Hopkins Medicine that engages clinician reporting of errors and near misses to improve patient safety.

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