Safety culture assessment: A tool for improving patient safety in healthcare organizations

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 12, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2003, Pages

  Nieva, V F ^a   Sorra, J ^a  

^a WESTAT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PATHWAY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRITICAL PROCESS; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; PROCESS IMPROVEMENT; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; SAFETY CULTURE ASSESSMENT;

AWARENESS; BENCHMARKING; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0348216532     PISSN: 09638172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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