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Dec 14, 2016
CRICO Insights: December 2016
Six Key Safety Principles in Primary Care
1 | Establish and sustain a culture of safety |
2 | Build and support effective teams |
3 | Partner with patients and families in their care |
4 | Ensure closed-loop processes for referrals and tests |
5 | Develop systems for reliable diagnosis and delivery of evidence-based care |
6 | Standardize communication among all care providers |
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