Creating a systems approach to patient safety through better teamwork

Biomedical Instrumentation and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 205-207

  Powell, Stephen M ^a  

^a Healthcare Team Training   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLIANCE AGENCIES; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY;

HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC POLICY; REENGINEERING; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SHORT SURVEY; TEAMWORK;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONAL MANAGEMENT TEAMS; MEDICAL ERRORS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33745657662     PISSN: 08998205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2345/i0899-8205-40-3-205.1     Document Type: Short Survey

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