Healthcare quality improvement - policy implications and practicalities

International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 565-581

  Esain, Ann Elizabeth ^a   Williams, Sharon J ^a   Gakhal, Sandeep ^b   Caley, Lynne ^b   Cooke, Matthew W ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical systems improvement; Evaluation; Health care; Organizational learning; PDSA; Quality; Quality improvement; United Kingdom; Workplace training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROBLEM SOLVING; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

ENGLAND; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; STAFF DEVELOPMENT; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 84865398491     PISSN: 09526862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09526861211261172     Document Type: Article

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