Measuring patient safety in the emergency department.

Julius Cuong Pham; Leen Alblaihed; Dickson Sui Cheung; Frederick Levy; Peter Michael Hill; Gabor D. Kelen; Peter Pronovost; Thomas D. Kirsch

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Measuring patient safety in the emergency department.

April 15, 2014

Pham JC, Alblaihed L, Cheung DS, et al. Am J Med Qual. 2014;29(2):99-104.

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This commentary describes a four-element framework to track progress of safety improvement in the emergency department.

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