Development of communities of practice to facilitate quality improvement initiatives in surgical oncology

Quality Management in Health Care

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 174-185

  Fung Kee Fung, Michael ^a,b   Goubanova, Elena ^b   Sequeira, Karen ^b   Abdulla, Arifa ^b   Cook, Rose ^b   Crossley, Claire ^b   Langer, Bernard ^b   Smith, Andrew J ^b   Stern, Hartley ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b CANCER CARE ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinical guidelines implementation; Communities of practice; Performance data feedback; Quality improvement methodology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER CENTER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARD;

HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; ONCOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ONTARIO; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL;

EID: 42449094205     PISSN: 10638628     EISSN: 15505154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.QMH.0000316995.79167.be     Document Type: Review

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