A very public failure: lessons for quality improvement in healthcare organisations from the Bristol Royal Infirmary.

K Walshe; N Offen

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A very public failure: lessons for quality improvement in healthcare organisations from the Bristol Royal Infirmary.

April 25, 2007

Walshe K, Offen N. Qual Health Care. 2001;10(4):250-6.

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The authors provide an analysis of the Bristol Royal Infirmary inquiry and explain what should be applied from that incident to inform quality improvement efforts at other health care organizations.

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