The VHA New England Medication Error Prevention Initiative as a model for long-term improvement collaboratives.

Timothy S. Lesar; Ernest R. Anderson; John Fields; Deborah Saine; Jill Gregoire; Susan Fraser; Maureen Parkin; Arnold Mattis; VHA New England Medication Error Prevention Initiative

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The VHA New England Medication Error Prevention Initiative as a model for long-term improvement collaboratives.

February 7, 2007

Lesar TS, Anderson ER, Fields J, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2007;33(2):73-82.

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The investigators compared three quality improvement projects and concluded that these types of collaboratives may be most effective for organizations looking to address broad and complex goals such as medication error improvement.

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