Organizational culture, critical success factors, and the reduction of hospital errors.

Gregory N. Stock; Kathleen L. McFadden; Charles R. Gowen

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Organizational culture, critical success factors, and the reduction of hospital errors.

March 9, 2009

Stock GN, McFadden KL, Gowen CR. Int J Prod Econ. 2006;106(2).

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The authors surveyed 500 hospitals and identified characteristics of organizational culture that had a greater effect on reducing medical error.

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