Becoming a high reliability organization

Critical Care

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Christianson, Marlys K ^a   Sutcliffe, Kathleen M ^b   Miller, Melissa A ^c   Iwashyna, Theodore J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DECISION MAKING; FIRE FIGHTER; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HIGH RELIABILITY ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL ERROR; ORGANIZATION; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARD;

HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; ORGANIZATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 83755181717     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc10360     Document Type: Article

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