The 100,000 Lives Campaign: setting a goal and a deadline for improving health care quality.

Donald M. Berwick; David R Calkins; C. Joseph McCannon; Andrew D. Hackbarth

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The 100,000 Lives Campaign: setting a goal and a deadline for improving health care quality.

January 25, 2006

Berwick DM, Calkins DR, McCannon CJ, et al. JAMA. 2006;295(3).

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The authors discuss the six interventions proposed by the 100,000 Lives Campaign and how these propose to improve the standard of care nationwide.

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