From the ∗Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
†Department of Clinical Investigation, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health
‡Center for Innovative Care in Aging, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing
§Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
∥Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin
¶Patient Safety, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Johns Hopkins Health System
#Epidemiology, International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
∗∗Departments of Medicine and Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
††Carey Business School
‡‡Utilization/Clinical Resource Management, Johns Hopkins Medicine
§§Division of General Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
∥∥Department of Health, Behavior, and Society, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health
¶¶Johns Hopkins Armstrong Institute for Safety and Quality
##Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins University
∗∗∗Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health
†††Department of Community and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing
‡‡‡Sibley Memorial Hospital, Johns Hopkins Medicine
§§§John Hopkins Center to Eliminate Cardiovascular Health Disparities, Baltimore, Maryland.
Correspondence: Alicia I. Arbaje MD, MPH, Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Mason F. Lord Bldg, Center Tower, 5200 Eastern Ave, 7th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21224 (e-mail: [email protected]).
This study was supported by funding from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (R21 HS019519-01).
A.I.A. and N.E.W. currently receive grant support from the following sources: the National Patient Safety Foundation, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and the Center for Innovative Care in Aging at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing.
A.W.W. is a consultant to BMS, Genentech, Otsuka, and Pfizer and has an educational grant from the PhRMA Foundation. He is a member of the National Quality Forum Patient Safety Standing Committee. He is supported by grants and contracts from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute, the National Institutes of Health, and AIG Corporation. He receives royalties from the Joint Commission for his book The Value of Close Calls in Improving Patient Safety. The financial interests of A.W.W. have been reviewed by the Johns Hopkins University in accordance with its institutional policies.
H.A. currently receives grant support from the following sources: the National Institutes of Health, the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute, and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.
R.B. currently receives grant or contract support from the following sources: the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the National Institutes of Health, the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute, and the American Medical Association for research related to improving quality of care and reducing health care–related disparities; and the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services for implementation of a health systems innovation program.
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