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Patient Safety: Hospitals Face Challenges Implementing Evidence-Based Practices.

Washington, DC: United States Government Accountability Office; February 2016. Publication GAO-16-308.

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March 9, 2016
Washington, DC: United States Government Accountability Office; February 2016. Publication GAO-16-308.

Despite support for evidence-based medicine as a strategy to improve safety and quality, reliable use of best practices is lacking. Analyzing how six hospitals tried to implement evidence-based safety practices, this report identified in-house incident data use, practice selection, and implementation consistency as challenges to sustainable use of best practices.

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Washington, DC: United States Government Accountability Office; February 2016. Publication GAO-16-308.

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