Organizational culture, continuous quality improvement, and medication administration error reporting

American Journal of Medical Quality

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 128-134

  Wakefield, Bonnie J ^a,c   Blegen, Mary A ^b   Uden Holman, Tanya ^d   Vaughn, Thomas ^d   Chrischilles, Elizabeth ^d   Wakefield, Douglas S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Adverse event reporting; Continuous quality improvement; Organizational culture; Patient safety; Risk management

Indexed keywords

DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICATION ERROR; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; RISK MANAGEMENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION; ARTICLE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION REPORTING SYSTEMS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; MEDICATION ERRORS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; RISK MANAGEMENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035403310     PISSN: 10628606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/106286060101600404     Document Type: Article

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