title: Keeping patients safe.
abstract: Hospitals are redoubling efforts to prevent medical errors following two Institute of Medicine reports and demands by the Leapfrog Group, a consortium of major employers. Four providers have highly developed safety strategies and offer lessons and examples to hospitals looking for new ways to confront the issue.
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authors.lastname: Sarudi
mesh_terms: D006265:Health Care Coalitions; D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*; D015969:National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, U.S., Health and Medicine Division; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D015279:Organizational Culture; D005791:Patient Care / Q000592:standards; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D017751:Safety Management / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States