title: Expanding the avenues for addressing patient safety.
abstract: The Safety Case Management Committee, initiated in 1999, is a core component of the safety program at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Ann Arbor. It is one of several approaches the facility uses to address error prevention or to contain its damaging effects.
mesh_terms: D006787:Hospitals, Veterans / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008824:Michigan; D011367:Professional Staff Committees; D017751:Safety Management / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States; D014493:United States Department of Veterans Affairs