Hospital quality and patient safety competencies: Development, description, and recommendations for use

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 530-536

  O'Leary, Kevin J ^a   Afsar Manesh, Nasim ^b   Budnitz, Tina ^c   Dunn, Andrew S ^d   Myers, Jennifer S ^e  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Society of Hospital Medicine   (United States)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL QUALITY AND PATIENT SAFETY COMPETENCY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; TEAMWORK;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SAFETY; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; STAFF DEVELOPMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 82955232418     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.937     Document Type: Article

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