Collecting data on potentially harmful events: A method for monitoring incidents in general practice

Family Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 101-106

  Britt, Helena ^a   Miller, Graeme C ^a   Steven, Ian D ^b   Howarth, Gregory C ^a   Nicholson, Pamela A ^b   Bhasale, Alice L ^a   Norton, Kent J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL AUSTRALIAN COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accident prevention; General practice; Human error; Incident monitoring; Quality in health care

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MONITORING;

EID: 0030887801     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/14.2.101     Document Type: Article

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