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Two effective initiatives for C-suite leaders to improve medication safety and the reliability of outcomes.

May 7, 2018

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute care edition. March 23, 2017;22:1-5.

Leadership commitment is important to improving patient safety. This newsletter article reports how leadership involvement in adopting and applying best practices and establishing a learning culture in the organization can achieve lasting medication safety improvements.

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