Using FOCUS PDSA to Improve Antipsychotic Medication Management

@article{Hampton2014UsingFP,
  title={Using FOCUS PDSA to Improve Antipsychotic Medication Management},
  author={James Hampton and Teri Reiter and Joan Hogarth and Jan Doerr and Karen Bohack and Lori L. Popejoy},
  journal={Journal of Nursing Care Quality},
  year={2014},
  volume={29},
  pages={295–302}
}
Sinclair School of Nursing,University of Missouri, Columbia (Mr Hampton andDr Popejoy); and Delmar Gardens of O’Fallon,Missouri (Mr Hampton and Mss Reiter, Hogarth,Doerr, and Bohack).This project is supported by grant number1E1CMS331080 from the Centers for Medicareand Medicaid Services (CMS) Innovations Center andMedicare-Medicaid Coordination Office (http://innovation.cms.gov/initiatives/rahnfr/). The content issolely the responsibility of the authors and does notnecessarily represent the of… 
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