Frameworks for improvement: Clinical audit, the plan-do-study-act cycle and significant event audit

Quality in Primary Care

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 123-130

  Gillam, Steve ^a   Siriwardena, A Niroshan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical audit; General practice; Plan do study act cycles; Primary care; Quality improvement; Significant event analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; METHODOLOGY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STANDARD; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

CLINICAL AUDIT; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84879336392     PISSN: 14791072     EISSN: 14791064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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