What is the value and impact of quality and safety teams? A scoping review

Implementation Science

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  White, Deborah E ^a   Straus, Sharon E ^b   Stelfox, H T ^a   Holroyd Leduc, Jayna M ^a   Bell, Chaim M ^b   Jackson, Karen ^c   Norris, Jill M ^a   Flemons, W W ^a   Moffatt, Michael E ^d   Forster, Alan J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES   (Canada)

^d WINNIPEG REGIONAL HEALTH AUTHORITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; REVIEW; STANDARD; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 80052022380     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-5908-6-97     Document Type: Article

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