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Balancing “No Blame” with Accountability in Patient Safety
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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.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Wachter, R. M., & Pronovost, P. J.
- Venue
- New England Journal of Medicine
- Publisher
- Massachusetts Medical Society
- Published
- 2009-10
- Volume
- 361
- Issue
- 14
- Pages
- 1401-1406
- ISSN
- 0028-4793 (ISSN-L)
- 1533-4406
- OpenAlex
- W2056682167
- Cited by
- 336
- References
- 3
- FWCI
- 34.44
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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