Republished paper: Assessing and improving safety culture throughout an academic medical centre: A prospective cohort study

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 87, Issue 1028, 2011, Pages 428-435

  Paine, Lori A ^a   Rosenstein, Beryl J ^b   Sexton, J Bryan ^c   Kent, Paula ^a   Holzmueller, Christine G ^c   Pronovost, Peter J ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY ATTITUDES QUESTIONNAIRE; TEAMWORK;

EID: 79958184741     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: 14690756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2009.039347rep     Document Type: Article

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