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Patient safety

Summary

Part I - Medical errors and the Institute of Medicine (IOM)

Response to Institute of Medicine reports; updates on national safety initiatives from AHRQ, QuIC, Health Leadership Council, Leapfrog, NQF, Veterans Health Administration, ISMP, and more.

Part II - A framework for safety culture and reporting

Safety culture, error reporting, systems improvement, human factors engineering.

Part III - JCAHO

JCAHO and patient safety, including sentinel events, core measures, and environment of care restraints.

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