Kenneth W. Kizer, MD, MPH: health care quality evangelist.

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Kenneth W. Kizer, MD, MPH: health care quality evangelist.

February 6, 2008

Kizer KW. JAMA. 2001;285(7):869-71.

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This interview with Dr. Kizer, then of the National Quality Forum, addresses the inception of now well-known quality improvement strategies including compiling evidence-based safe practices and preventing "never events."

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