The disparity of frontline clinical staff and managers' perceptions of a quality and patient safety initiative

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1184-1190

  Parand, Anam ^a   Burnett, Susan ^a   Benn, Jonathan ^a   Pinto, Anna ^a   Iskander, Sandra ^a   Vincent, Charles ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

clinician perceptions; frontline views; management perspective; organization wide change; patient safety; quality improvement programme

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MANAGER; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SAFER PATIENTS INITIATIVE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATORS; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PATIENT SAFETY; PERCEPTION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80755187771     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2010.01506.x     Document Type: Article

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