Towards high-reliability organising in healthcare: a strategy for building organisational capacity.

Hanan J. Aboumatar; Sallie J. Weaver; Dianne Rees; Michael A. Rosen; Melinda Sawyer; Peter Pronovost

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Towards high-reliability organising in healthcare: a strategy for building organisational capacity.

June 7, 2017

Aboumatar HJ, Weaver SJ, Rees D, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2017;26(8):663-670.

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High reliability organizations embrace strategies to actively reduce errors and accidents. This commentary outlines a framework that focuses on integrating competencies at all levels of the health care workforce across the organization to support high reliability.

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