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Hospitals make progress on the path to safety.

Hobson K. US News World Report. August 13, 2014.

This magazine article highlights advances in patient safety efforts along with documented challenges to progress. Surgical checklists, forcing functions in electronic health records, and daily huddles for leaders to talk about concerns are discussed as strategies implemented to reduce adverse events in hospitals.

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