Tools for primary care patient safety: a narrative review.

Rachel Spencer; Stephen Campbell

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Tools for primary care patient safety: a narrative review.

November 26, 2014

Spencer R, Campbell S. BMC Fam Pract. 2014;15:166.

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Proven methods to track progress in ambulatory care safety are lacking. This review explores what is known about monitoring errors in family practice and highlights tools available to measure safety in primary care to inform the development of an evidence-based patient safety toolkit for use in this setting.

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