Using continuous quality improvement to implement a clinical governance framework in a mental health service

Australasian Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 241-246

  Arya, Dinesh ^a   Callaly, Tom ^b  

^a Hawke's Bay District Health Board   (New Zealand)

^b Barwon Health ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical governance; Continuous quality improvement; Mental health service

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEADERSHIP; LEGAL LIABILITY; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE; PHILOSOPHY; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; QUALITY CIRCLE; REVIEW; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; ARTICLE; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING;

HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 29144461622     PISSN: 10398562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1665.2005.02193.x     Document Type: Review

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