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An Experimental Ward: Improving Care and Learning

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 October 2009

Larry Ronan
Affiliation:
Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital
John D. Stoeckle
Affiliation:
Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital

Abstract

The rapidly changing health care system is still largely organized according to old, and increasingly outdated models. The contemporary demands of patient care and residency training call for an experimental ward, which can develop and test new techniques in hospital organization and the delivery of care in a comprehensive way.

Type
General Essays
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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