Newspaper/Magazine Article Reducing harm to patients. Using patient safety dashboards at the board level. Citation Text: Pugh M, Reinertsen JL. Reducing harm to patients. Using patient safety dashboards at the board level. Healthcare executive. 2007;22(6):62, 64-5. Copy Citation Format: Google ScholarPubMedBibTeXEndNote X3 XMLEndNote 7 XMLEndnote taggedPubMedIdRIS Download Citation Save Save to your library Print Share Facebook Twitter Linkedin Copy URL December 5, 2007 Pugh M, Reinertsen JL. Healthcare executive. 2007;22(6):62, 64-5. View more articles from the same authors. This commentary describes how hospital and health care system board members can develop facility-specific "dashboards" to spur whole-system improvements. PubMed citation Save Save to your library Print Share Facebook Twitter Linkedin Copy URL Cite Citation Citation Text: Pugh M, Reinertsen JL. Reducing harm to patients. Using patient safety dashboards at the board level. Healthcare executive. 2007;22(6):62, 64-5. 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