Eliminating preventable death at Ascension Health.

Sanford Tolchin; Robert Brush; Paul Lange; Phyllis Bates; John J. Garbo

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Eliminating preventable death at Ascension Health.

March 14, 2007

Tolchin S, Brush R, Lange P, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2007;33(3):145-54.

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The authors report the results of implementing two strategies to eliminate preventable deaths: tight glycemic control and deployment of rapid response teams.

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