Briefings on Patient Safety, June 2009
Patient Safety Monitor, June 1, 2009
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This issue contains articles about preventing rehospitalization and utilizing the discharge process at hospitals to do so. The issue also contains an article about using a boot to prevent heel pressure ulcers, and a book excerpt about clear communication techniques to improve health literacy.
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