Challenges of standardized continuous quality improvement programs in community pharmacies: The case of SafetyNET-Rx

Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 499-508

  Boyle, Todd A ^a   MacKinnon, Neil J ^b   Mahaffey, Thomas ^a   Duggan, Kellie ^c   Dow, Natalie ^a  

^a ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community pharmacy; Continuous quality improvement; Medication error reporting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEARNING; MEDICATION ERROR; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STANDARD; TIME; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNITY PHARMACY SERVICES; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LEARNING; MEDICATION ERRORS; NOVA SCOTIA; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PATIENT SAFETY; PHARMACISTS; PHARMACISTS' AIDES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84869884012     PISSN: 15517411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sapharm.2012.01.005     Document Type: Article

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