Safety and risk management interventions in hospitals: A systematic review of the literature

Medical Care Research and Review

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Dückers, Michel ^a   Faber, Marjan ^a   Cruijsberg, Juliette ^a   Grol, Richard ^a   Schoonhoven, Lisette ^a   Wensing, Michel ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hospitals; Management; Medical errors; Patient safety; Research issues

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FALLING; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL ERROR; PATIENT SAFETY; REVIEW; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; INCIDENCE; INTERVENTION STUDY; LEARNING; MEDICATION ERROR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN; SCREENING; SIMULATION; SURVIVAL RATE; TRAINING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH; SAFETY; UNITED STATES; ARTICLE; HOSPITAL CARE; INFECTION CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC);

HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; RESEARCH; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70449389550     PISSN: 10775587     EISSN: 15526801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077558709345870     Document Type: Review

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