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A Department of Medicine infrastructure for patient safety and clinical quality improvement.
Mathews SC, Pronovost PJ, Daugherty Biddison EL, et al. Am J Med Qual. 2018;33:413-419.
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Organizational infrastructure is important to ensure sustainability of safety improvements. This commentary describes how one academic medical center integrated structures, processes, and frameworks to build connections within the organization and throughout the community to facilitate success of improvement initiatives.
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