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The Essential Guide for Patient Safety Officers


According to The Joint Commission, "The Essential Guide for Patient Safety Officers, copublished with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), is a comprehensive and authoritative repository of essential knowledge on patient safety. An esteemed group of editors/authors— Allan Frankel, M.D., Terri Simmonds, R.N., CPHQ, Carol Haraden, Ph.D., and Michael Leonard, M.D.—has crafted content geared to help patient safety leaders create a culture of safety; plan, oversee, and implement new safety practices and improve safety-related management and operations."

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