Ten years after the IOM report: engaging residents in quality and patient safety by creating a house staff quality council.

Peter M. Fleischut; Adam S. Evans; William C. Nugent; Susan L. Faggiani; Eliot J. Lazar; Richard S. Liebowitz; Laura L. Forese; Gregory E. Kerr

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Ten years after the IOM report: engaging residents in quality and patient safety by creating a house staff quality council.

March 30, 2011

Fleischut PM, Evans AS, Nugent WC, et al. Am J Med Qual. 2011;26(2):89-94.

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