The role for leaders of health care organizations in patient safety

American Journal of Medical Quality

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 311-318

  Clarke, John R ^a,b,c,d   Lerner, Jeffrey C ^b,c   Marella, William ^d  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c ECRI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Pennsylvania Patient Safety Reporting System   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse event; At risk behavior; Benchmark; Clinical pathway; Culture of safety; Disclosure of medical error; Error reporting; Failure mode and effect analysis; Health care leadership; High reliability organization; Medical error; Near miss; Patient safety

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL ERROR; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; SAFETY;

COMMUNICATION; HEALTH FACILITIES; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL ERRORS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SAFETY; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; STAFF DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 34548361702     PISSN: 10628606     EISSN: 1555824X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1062860607304743     Document Type: Article

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