Every defect a treasure: learning from adverse events in hospitals.
- 1 May 1997
- journal article
- health care
- Published by AMPCo in The Medical Journal of Australia
- Vol. 166 (9) , 484-487
- https://doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.1997.tb123221.x
Abstract
A computerised system for detecting adverse events, and a positive rather than punitive approach to tackling the problem, has reaped considerable rewards at one United States hospitalKeywords
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