RT Book, Section
A1 Wachter, Robert M.
SR Print(0)
ID 56251138
T1 Chapter 12. Patient Safety in the Ambulatory Setting
T2 Understanding Patient Safety, 2e
YR 2012
FD 2012
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-176578-7
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=56251138
RD 2024/09/07
AB The  point  has  been  well  made  that  while  most  of  the  patient  safety  literature  focuses  on  hospital  errors,  most  healthcare  is  delivered  in  office  settings.  Consider  this:  for  every  one  hospitalized  patient,  28  people  visit  a  physician's  office.1  Nevertheless,  the  early  emphasis  on  patient  safety  in  the  hospital  was  natural:  the  stakes  are  higher,  errors  are  more  visible,  and  the  resources  to  research  safety  problems  and  implement  solutions  are  all  greater  there.