Organisational readiness: Exploring the preconditions for success in organisation-wide patient safety improvement programmes

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 313-317

  Burnett, Susan ^a   Benn, Jonathan ^a   Pinto, Anna ^a   Parand, Anam ^a   Iskander, Sandra ^a   Vincent, Charles ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; SAFETY; STANDARD; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

DATA COLLECTION; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PATIENT SAFETY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 77956125224     PISSN: 14753898     EISSN: 14753901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.2008.030759     Document Type: Article

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