Developing 21st century accreditation standards for teaching hospitals: The Taiwan experience

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Huang, Chung I ^a   Wung, Cathy ^b   Yang, Che Ming ^c,d  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b Taiwan Joint Commission on Hospital Accreditation   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; POLICY; STANDARD; TAIWAN; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ACCREDITATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LEADERSHIP; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; TAIWAN;

EID: 74049129974     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-9-232     Document Type: Article

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