Developing and Deploying a Patient Safety Program in a Large Health Care Delivery System: You Can't Fix What You Don't Know About

Authors: Bagian, James P.; Lee, Caryl; Gosbee, John; DeRosier, Joseph; Stalhandske, Erik; Eldridge, Noel; Williams, Rodney; Burkhardt, Mary

Source: Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, Volume 27, Number 10, October 2001 , pp. 522-532(11)

Publisher: Joint Commission Resources

Abstract:

The authors describe the patient safety program that the Veterans Health Administration, the largest integrated health care system in the United States, has established in an effort to improve patient safety.

Document Type: Research article

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