Refocusing quality measurement to best support quality improvement: Local ownership of quality measurement by clinicians

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 519-523

  Mountford, James ^a   Shojania, Kaveh G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL ERROR; PATIENT SAFETY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

OWNERSHIP; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84861801058     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2012-000859     Document Type: Review

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