The Long Road to Patient Safety
JAMAPublished 13 December 2005
Daniel R. Longo, John E. Hewett, Bin Ge, Shari Schubert
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The current status of hospital patient safety systems is not close to meeting IOM recommendations, and data are consistent with recent reports that patient safety system progress is slow and is a cause for great concern.
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The current status of hospital patient safety systems is not close to meeting IOM recommendations. Data are consistent with recent reports that patient safety system progress is slow and is a cause for great concern. Efforts for improvement must be accelerated.
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