Best practice implementation: Lessons learned from 20 partnerships

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 33, Issue 12 SUPPL., 2007, Pages 16-26

  Sharek, Paul J ^a,b   Mullican, Charlotte ^c   Lavanderos, Angela ^d   Palmer, Cynthia ^d   Snow, Vincenza ^d   Kmetik, Karen ^e   Antman, Mark ^f   Knutson, David ^f   Dembry, Louise Marie ^g,h  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LUCILE PACKARD CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^d AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS   (United States)

^e AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^f PARK NICOLLET INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COOPERATION; EVALUATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MASS COMMUNICATION; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

BENCHMARKING; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY;

EID: 37749019070     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1553-7250(07)33120-6     Document Type: Article

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