Perspective: Physician leadership in quality

Academic Medicine

Volumn 84, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1651-1656

  Pronovost, Peter J ^a,b,c   Miller, Marlene R ^b,c,d   Wachter, Robert M ^e   Meyer, Gregg S ^f  

^a Quality and Safety Research Group   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d National Association of Children's Hospitals   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL ERROR; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SAFETY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL ERRORS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PHYSICIANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 73449144160     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181bce0ee     Document Type: Review

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