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Title Assessing patient safety practices and outcomes in the U.S. health care system / Donna O. Farley [and others]
Published Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xxvii, 201 pages) : illustrations
Series Rand Corporation technical report series ; TR-725-AHRQ
Technical report (Rand Corporation) ; TR-725-AHRQ.
Contents Introduction and background -- Uptake of patient safety practices in four U.S. communities -- Use of the hospital survey on patient safety culture -- National survey on adoption of NQF safe practices -- Trends for patient safety outcomes -- Suggested approach for monitoring effects of the patient safety initiative
Summary Presents the results of a two-year study that analyzes how patient safety practices are being adopted by U.S. health care providers, examines hospital experiences with a patient safety culture survey, and assesses patient safety outcomes trends. In case studies of four U.S. communities, researchers collected information on the dynamics of local patient safety activities and on adoption of safe practices by hospitals
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-201)
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In Books at JSTOR: Open Access JSTOR
Subject Outcome assessment (Medical care) -- United States
Hospital patients -- United States -- Safety measures -- Evaluation
Medical care -- Quality control.
Medical Errors -- prevention & control
Quality Assurance, Health Care
Safety Management
MEDICAL -- Health Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Human Services.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Workplace Culture.
Medical care -- Quality control
Outcome assessment (Medical care)
SUBJECT United States https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481
Subject United States
Genre/Form Electronic books
Form Electronic book
Author Farley, Donna.
Rand Corporation.
ISBN 9780833049025
083304902X
9781282398610
128239861X