Health professional networks as a vector for improving healthcare quality and safety: A systematic review

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 239-249

  Cunningham, Frances C ^a   Ranmuthugala, Geetha ^a   Plumb, Jennifer ^a   Georgiou, Andrew ^a   Westbrook, Johanna I ^a   Braithwaite, Jeffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CINAHL; EMBASE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDLINE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL NETWORK; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

COMMUNITY NETWORKS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HEALTH OCCUPATIONS; HUMANS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84857447873     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2011-000187     Document Type: Review

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