Because of Quality Improvement Initiatives, Systems Thinking Has Become Pervasive

question 20

Multiple Choice

Because of quality improvement initiatives, systems thinking has become pervasive in health care. This led to the advent of a less threatening venue with regard to medical errors. This has become known as which kind of culture?

• A)Blameless
• B) Shame
• C)Root-cause
• D)Error-accusation

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