In their critical analysis of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s (IHI’s) “100,000 Lives Campaign,”1 Drs. Wachter and Pronovost contribute the type of scrutiny that will help place the improvement of health care systems on the soundest possible scientific foundation. We welcome their inquiry. We do not agree at all with those who tried to dissuade them from publishing their views. (November 2006)
Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety
2006
Berwick DM, Hackbarth AD, McCannon CJ
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