Quality improvement in healthcare in New Zealand. Part 2: are our patients safe--and what are we doing about it?

Alan Merry; Mary Seddon; Effective Practice Informatics and Quality

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Quality improvement in healthcare in New Zealand. Part 2: are our patients safe--and what are we doing about it?

August 16, 2006

Merry A, Seddon M, Quality EPI and. N Z Med J. 2006;119(1238):U2086.

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The authors discuss barriers to implementing patient safety reforms in New Zealand.

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