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Article: Patient safety group works to reduce medical errors.
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- Healthcare Risk Management
- Article date:
- June 1, 2002
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Patient safety group works to reduce medical errors
With mounting evidence that the vast majority of medical errors in this country are systems-related and not attributable to individual negligence or misconduct, the nonprofit National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF) has launched the first nationwide initiative to achieve measurable systems change in hospitals.
Under the banner of Stand Up for Patient Safety, 17 leading hospitals from across the country are joining forces with NPSF to mobilize a groundswell of activity and support among all hospital leaders to reduce errors and improve patient safety. This movement calls for replacing traditional ...