Implementing Patient Safety Initiatives in Rural Hospitals

Date
09/2009
Journal
Journal of Rural Health
Description

This article describes the Tennessee Rural Hospital Patient Safety Demonstration project, whose goal was to strengthen capacity for patient safety initiatives in eight small Tennessee rural hospitals using a multi-organizational collaborative model. The demonstration identified and facilitated implementation of three patient safety interventions.

Center
University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center
Authors
Jill Klingner, Ira Moscovice, Judith Tupper, Andrew Coburn, Mary Wakefield