Why don't we know whether care is safe?

Julius Cuong Pham; Kevin D. Frick; Peter Pronovost

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Why don't we know whether care is safe?

December 18, 2013

Pham JC, Frick KD, Pronovost P. Am J Med Qual. 2013;28(6):457-63.

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This commentary discusses barriers to understanding and measuring progress in safety improvement and describes seven priorities to guide development of patient safety measures.

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