Briefings on Patient Safety, November 2009
Patient Safety Monitor, November 1, 2009
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This issue contains stories about The Joint Commission's 2010 National Patient Safety Goals, a program to incorporate patient safety into staff members' daily habits by providing a new focus topic each month, a residency training program to improve cultural competency, how managing data can improve HCAHPS scores, and learning the difference between policies, procedures, and competencies.
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