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Author: Committee on Data Standards for Patient Safety
Edition: 1
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0309090776
Category: Medical

Patient Safety: Achieving a New Standard for Care

Americans should be able to count on receiving health care that is safe. Download Patient Safety medical books for free.


To achieve this, a new health care delivery system is needed - a system that both prevents errors from occurring, and learns from them when they do occur. The development of such a system requires a commitment by all stakeholders to a culture of safety and to the development of improved information systems for the delivery of health care. This national health information infrastructure is needed to provide immediate access to complete patient information and decision-support tools for clinicians and their patients. In addition, this infrastructure must capture patient safety information as a by-product of care and use this information to design even safer delivery Get Patient Safety our bestseller medical books.

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In addition, this infrastructure must capture patient safety information as a by-product of care and use this information to design even safer delivery

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