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Special Section on Patient Safety and Quality in Healthcare.

February 11, 2015

Andersen HB, Lipczak H, Borch-Johnsen K, eds. Cogn Technol Work. 2015;17:1-155.

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Articles in this special issue explore patient safety from a sociotechnical viewpoint and provide a multidisciplinary discussion on how technology, patient engagement, incident reporting, data management, and process improvement offer opportunities to prevent medical error.

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Polypharmacy.

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Patient Safety and Adverse Events.

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January 3, 2007

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