Journey of a Hong Kong public teaching hospital in preparation of hospital accreditation

Hong Kong Medical Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 231-236

  Chiu, Alexander ^a   Seto, W H ^b   Lai, Lawrence ^c  

^a HOSPITAL AUTHORITY   (Hong Kong)

^b WHO Collaborating Centre for Infection Control   (Hong Kong)

^c Medical Affairs ^*  (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Accreditation; Effciency; Health care; Organizational; Organizational innovation; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; EMPOWERMENT; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATOR; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; REINFORCEMENT; RELIABILITY; STRATEGIC PLANNING; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ACCREDITATION; HONG KONG; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION, HOSPITAL; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 79958723387     PISSN: 10242708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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