Lessons for the Australian healthcare system from the Berwick report

Russell, Lesley; Dawda, Paresh

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Lessons for the Australian healthcare system from the Berwick report

Date

2014

Authors

Russell, Lesley

Dawda, Paresh

Publisher

Australian Hospital Association

Abstract

There are common key recommendations in the raft of recent reports from inquiries into hospital quality and safety issues, both in Australia and in the United Kingdom. Prime among these is that governments, bureaucrats, clinicians and administrators must