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Data as A Catalyst for Change: Stories from the Frontlines
Feb 02, 2015
This article presents a series of case studies that illustrate how health care organizations have used data—quantitative, qualitative, and comparative—to address vulnerabilities and guide meaningful change to improve patient safety. These examples are drawn from the data-sharing community of Candello.
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Siegal D, Ruoff G. Data as a catalyst for change: Stories from the frontlines. Journal of Healthcare Risk Management. 2015 Jan;34(3):18-25. doi: 10.1002/jhrm.21161.
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