Overarching goals: A strategy for improving healthcare quality and safety?

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 187-193

  Nanji, Karen C ^a,b,c   Ferris, Timothy G ^b,c   Torchiana, David F ^b,c   Meyer, Gregg S ^b,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Massachusetts General Physicians Organisation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONICS; GOAL ATTAINMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; GOALS; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PATIENT SAFETY; PLANNING TECHNIQUES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84874679213     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2012-001082     Document Type: Review

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