Cleveland Clinic Health System: a comprehensive framework for a health system patient safety initiative.

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Cleveland Clinic Health System: a comprehensive framework for a health system patient safety initiative.

September 21, 2005

Nadzam DM; Atkins PM; Waggoner DM; Shonk R.

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The authors describe seven strategies used in implementing a patient safety initiative in a local health care system.

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