Toward Improving Patient Safety Through Voluntary Peer-to-Peer Assessment

American Journal of Medical Quality

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 201-209

  Hudson, Daniel W ^a,b   Holzmueller, Christine G ^b   Pronovost, Peter J ^b   Gianci, Sebastiana J ^b   Pate, Zack T ^c   Wahr, Joyce ^d   Heitmiller, Eugenie S ^b   Thompson, David A ^b   Martinez, Elizabeth A ^e   Marsteller, Jill A ^b   Gurses, Ayse P ^b   Lubomski, Lisa H ^b   Goeschel, Christine A ^b   Pham, Julius Cuong ^b  

^a U S NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Institute of Nuclear Power Operations   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

nuclear safety; patient safety; peer assessment; peer assisted learning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PEER REVIEW; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; STANDARD;

HUMANS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PATIENT SAFETY; PEER REVIEW; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84860623494     PISSN: 10628606     EISSN: 1555824X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1062860611421981     Document Type: Article

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