Leveraging a redesigned morbidity and mortality conference that incorporates the clinical and educational missions of improving quality and patient safety. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Leveraging a redesigned morbidity and mortality conference that incorporates the clinical and educational missions of improving quality and patient safety. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

• Commentary
 
• Published March 2016

Leveraging a redesigned morbidity and mortality conference that incorporates the clinical and educational missions of improving quality and patient safety.

Tad-Y DB, Pierce RG, Pell JM, Stephan L, Kneeland PP, Wald HL. Acad Med. 2016 Mar 15; [Epub ahead of print].

Mortality and morbidity (M&M) conferences are an established learning strategy. This commentary outlines how a hospital designed a new M&M model, implemented it system-wide, and tracked related clinical and educational improvements over a 2-year period.

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