Creating reporting and learning cultures in health-care organizations

Canadian Nurse

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Jeffs, Lianne ^a,b   Law, Madelyn ^b,c   Baker, G Ross ^b  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adverse events; Near misses; Patient safety; Reporting and learning

Indexed keywords

CANADA; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL ERROR; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; RISK MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

CANADA; DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; GOALS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL ERRORS; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; NURSE'S ROLE; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33947289553     PISSN: 00084581     EISSN: 14925494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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