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What practices will most improve safety? Evidence-based medicine meets patient safety.
Leape LL, Berwick DM, Bates DW. What practices will most improve safety? Evidence-based medicine meets patient safety. Journal of the American Medical Association. 2002;288(4):501-507.

This article discusses the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality study — recommended by the IOM following their report "To Err is Human" — to determine best practices in patient safety and the evidence supporting those practices.



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