Balancing "No Blame" with Accountability in Patient Safety.

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作者
Wachter, Robert M. [1 ]
Pronovost, Peter J. [2 ,3 ,4 ,5 ]
机构
[1] Univ Calif San Francisco, Dept Med, San Francisco, CA 94143 USA
[2] Johns Hopkins Sch Med, Dept Anesthesiol & Crit Care, Baltimore, MD USA
[3] Johns Hopkins Sch Med, Dept Surg, Baltimore, MD USA
[4] Johns Hopkins Sch Med, Dept Hlth Policy & Management, Baltimore, MD USA
[5] Johns Hopkins Sch Publ Hlth, Baltimore, MD USA
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10.1056/NEJMsb0903885
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R5 [内科学];
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摘要
The authors argue that in the context of appropriate efforts to reduce medical errors by correcting problems in care-delivery systems, health care organizations have underemphasized individual responsibility. They propose punishing providers who repeatedly do not adhere to procedures for improving patient safety, such as hand washing. Copyright © 2009 Massachusetts Medical Society. All rights reserved.
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页码:1401 / 1406
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