Setting quality and safety priorities in a target-rich environment: an academic medical center's challenge.

Elizabeth Mort; Akinluwa A. Demehin; Keith B. Marple; Kathryn Y. McCullough; Gregg S. Meyer

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Setting quality and safety priorities in a target-rich environment: an academic medical center's challenge.

August 28, 2013

Mort E, Demehin AA, Marple KB, et al. Acad Med. 2013;88(8):1099-104.

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This article provides a step-by-step framework for setting effective annual quality and safety goals at academic medical centers.

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