Using After-Action Reviews to Strengthen Hospital Preparedness: A Lesson Learned From COVID-19

Affiliations

¹ Department of Public Health, Experimental and Forensic Medicine, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy; School of Medicine, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.
² School of Medicine, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.
³ IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.
⁴ Department of Public Health, Experimental and Forensic Medicine, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.

Sebastiano Sorbello et al. Qual Manag Health Care. 2022 Jul-Sep.

. 2022 Jul-Sep;31(3):196-197.

doi: 10.1097/QMH.0000000000000322. Epub 2021 Apr 26.

¹ Department of Public Health, Experimental and Forensic Medicine, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy; School of Medicine, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.
² School of Medicine, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.
³ IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.
⁴ Department of Public Health, Experimental and Forensic Medicine, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest.

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