Reducing administrative harm in medicine - clinicians and administrators together.

Walter J O’Donnell

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Reducing administrative harm in medicine - clinicians and administrators together.

July 6, 2022

O’Donnell WJ. N Engl J Med. 2022;386(25):2429-2432.

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Budgetary and financial decisions can result in downstream problems that disrupt patient safety. This commentary discusses the value of applying safety system improvement approaches to examine managerial choices that contribute to patient harm.

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