Survey-assessed quality and organizational factors related to quality in pursuing perfection hospitals

Quality Management in Health Care

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 349-363

  Shwartz, Michael ^a,b   Cramer, Irene E ^a,c   Holmes, Sally K ^a,d   Cohen, Alan B ^a,d   Restuccia, Joseph D ^a,b   Vandeusen Lukas, Carol ^a,c   Sullivan, Jennifer L ^a   Charns, Martin P ^a,c  

^a VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

organizational change; patient safety; quality; quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COMMUNICATION; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PATIENT CARE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION;

EID: 77958529182     PISSN: 10638628     EISSN: 15505154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QMH.0b013e3181f9ef02     Document Type: Article

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