Perinatal Patient Safety Project: A multicenter approach to improve performance reliability at Kaiser Permanente

Journal of Perinatal and Neonatal Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 37-45

  McFerran, Sharon ^a,b   Nunes, Julie ^a   Pucci, Duayna ^a   Zuniga, Anita ^a  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^b Perinatal Patient Safety   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; High reliability; Human factors; Perinatal patient safety; Physician nurse relations

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMOTIONAL STRESS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL ERROR; NURSING; PATIENT CARE; PERFORMANCE; PERINATAL CARE; PILOT STUDY; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SAFETY; TEAMWORK; TIME; TRAINING;

EID: 14844340164     PISSN: 08932190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005237-200501000-00010     Document Type: Review

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