Relationship between nursing home safety culture and joint commission accreditation

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 207-215

  Wagner, Laura M ^a   McDonald, Shawna M ^b   Castle, Nicholas G ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCREDITATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; JOINT COMMISSION ON ACCREDITATION OF HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS; NURSING HOMES; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862195492     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1553-7250(12)38026-4     Document Type: Article

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