Are the risks of hospital practice adequately recognised by incident reporting?

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 78-79

  Neale, G ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSUMER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; MONITORING; NOTE; PATIENT CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITY CONTROL; UNITED KINGDOM;

HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 17144407605     PISSN: 14753898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.2004.013029     Document Type: Note

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