Healthcare climate: A framework for measuring and improving patient safety

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1312-1317

  Zohar, Dov ^a   Livne, Yael ^a   Tenne Gazit, Orly ^a   Admi, Hanna ^b   Donchin, Yoel ^c  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Human factors engineering; Nursing; Safety culture

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NURSING CARE; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM SAMPLE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STATISTICS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 34247339404     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000262404.10203.C9     Document Type: Article

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