'Tempos' management in primary care: A key factor for classifying adverse events, and improving quality and safety

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 729-736

  Amalberti, René ^a   Brami, J ^b  

^a HAS and La Prévention Médicale   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMOTION; EXAMINATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL LIABILITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; TIME MANAGEMENT;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84866520598     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2011-048710     Document Type: Article

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