Patient Safety and Quality Improvement. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Patient Safety and Quality Improvement. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

• Special or Theme Issue
 
• Published November 2018

Patient Safety and Quality Improvement.

Shah RK, ed. Otolaryngol Clin North Am. 2019;52:1-194.

Articles in this special issue apply safety concepts to reducing preventable patient harm in otolaryngology. The reviews highlight systems science, collaboration, leadership models, and patient experience as important to moving safety innovation forward in this specialty.

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