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NPSF and CRICO Announce Plans to Highlight Patient Safety Research
Mar 01, 2015
This funding is an extension of CRICO's mission: to promote patient safety through broad dissemination of initiatives designed to reduce medical error and malpractice exposure. The NPSF Congress will focus on key research findings related to patient safety.
Citation for the full-text article:
NPSF, CRICO Announce Plans to Highlight Patient Safety Research. Medical Liability Monitor. 2015;40(3):4.
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