A systemic methodology for risk management in healthcare sector.

Anna Corinna Cagliano; Sabrina Grimaldi; Carlo Rafele

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A systemic methodology for risk management in healthcare sector.

June 29, 2011

Cagliano AC, Grimaldi S, Rafele C. Saf Sci. 2011;49(5).

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This commentary explores how one hospital pharmacy department applied a systemic methodology to manage risk.

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