Large scale organisational intervention to improve patient safety in four UK hospitals: Mixed method evaluation

BMJ

Volumn 342, Issue 7793, 2011, Pages 369-

  Benning, Amirta ^a   Ghaleb, Maisoon ^b,c   Suokas, Anu ^d   Dixon Woods, Mary ^e   Dawson, Jeremy ^f   Barber, Nick ^b   Franklin, Bryony Dean ^b,g   Girling, Alan ^a   Hemming, Karla ^a   Carmalt, Martin ^h   Rudge, Gavin ^a   Naicker, Thirumalai ^a   Nwulu, Ugochi ⁱ   Choudhury, Sopna ^a   Lilford, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^d NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^f ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^h ROYAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ASTHMA; BREATHING RATE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH FOUNDATIONS SAFER PATIENTS INITIATIVE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATIONAL CLIMATE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SAFETY; PNEUMONIA; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; RISK; SCORING SYSTEM; STAFF; UNITED KINGDOM; VITAL SIGN; WARD;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MEDICAL ERRORS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 79951652685     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d195     Document Type: Review

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