Strategies to improve patient safety: the evidence base matures.

Robert M Wachter; Peter Pronovost; Paul G. Shekelle

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Strategies to improve patient safety: the evidence base matures.

March 6, 2013

Wachter RM, Pronovost P, Shekelle PG. Ann Intern Med. 2013;158(5_Part_1):350.

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This editorial introduces a special supplement of systematic reviews exploring the evidence base for patient safety strategies. The authors contextualize progress and identify gaps in the field over the past decade.

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