A resident-led institutional patient safety and quality improvement process.

Jeremy Stueven; David P. Sklar; Paul Kaloostian; Cathy Jaco; Summers Kalishman; Sharon Wayne; Andrew Doering; David Gonzales

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A resident-led institutional patient safety and quality improvement process.

March 14, 2012

Stueven J, Sklar DP, Kaloostian P, et al. Am J Med Qual. 2012;27(5):369-76.

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Close collaboration between resident physicians and hospital leadership led to significant improvements in patient safety in areas ranging from patient flow to faculty supervision.

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