This unique and engaging open access title provides a compelling and ground-breaking account of the patient safety movement in the United States, told from the

"This project aimed to collect and critically review the existing evidence on practices relevant to improving patient safety"--P. v.

Experts estimate that as many as 98,000 people die in any given year from medical errors that occur in hospitals. That's more than die from motor vehicle accide

v. 1. Research findings -- v. 2. Concepts and methodology -- v. 3. Implementation issues -- v. 4. Programs, tools and products.

Building on the revolutionary Institute of Medicine reports To Err is Human and Crossing the Quality Chasm, Keeping Patients Safe lays out guidelines for improv