High-reliability organizations (HROs): what they know that we don't (Part I).

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High-reliability organizations (HROs): what they know that we don't (Part I).

April 25, 2018

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute care edition. July 14, 2005.

This article introduces the concept of high-reliability organizations and summarizes six recurrent themes that support their culture.

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