Creating a culture of improvement: Experience of a pediatric Cystic Fibrosis Center

Journal of Nursing Care Quality

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 115-120

  Britton, LaCrecia J ^a   Thrasher, Staci ^a   Gutierrez, Hector ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical outcomes; Collaboration; Cystic fibrosis; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COOPERATION; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PEDIATRIC NURSING; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITY CONTROL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

ALABAMA; BENCHMARKING; CHILD; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FOUNDATIONS; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; LEADERSHIP; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PEDIATRIC NURSING; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 41149118986     PISSN: 10573631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NCQ.0000313759.33654.00     Document Type: Article

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