Understanding safer practices in health care: a prologue for the role of indicators.

Vahé A. Kazandjian; Karol Wicker; Sam Ogunbo; Nicole Silverman

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Understanding safer practices in health care: a prologue for the role of indicators.

April 3, 2005

Kazandjian VA, Wicker K, Ogunbo S, et al. J Eval Clin Pract. 2005;11(2):161-70.

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The authors assessed the usefulness of the AHRQ Quality Indicator Project to measure medical error. The findings suggest some validity to using the quality indicator data to map safety issues, but further study is needed.

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