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Measurement as a performance driver: the case for a national measurement system to improve patient safety. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Measurement as a performance driver: the case for a national measurement system to improve patient safety. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Noting wide variations in medical error death estimates, authors advocate mandatory national safety measurement system.
J Patient Saf. 2017 Apr 4; [Epub ahead of print].



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Measurement as a performance driver: the case for a national measurement system to improve patient safety.

    The lack of effective measures of patient safety hinders sustained error reduction. This review examined published estimates of patient harm in health care and variations in measures used to determine those numbers. The authors suggest that a national nonpunitive approach to data collection would enhance opportunities for improvement.








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