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A Roadmap to Advance Patient Safety in Ambulatory Care

Year: 2020

Type: article

Abstract: This Viewpoint emphasizes the need for research and initiatives related to patient safety in outpatient settings and proposes practice, policy, and patient and caregiver milestones to give patient harm reduction in ambulatory care settings the same priority as in inpatient settings.

Source: JAMA

DOI: 10.1001/jama.2020.18551

Authors: Hardeep Singh, Pascale Carayon

Institutions: Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Baylor College of Medicine, University of Wisconsin–Madison

Language: English

Topic: Patient Safety and Medication Errors

Subfield: Emergency Medical Services

Field: Health Professions

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Institutes of Health, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences