Quality improvement in clinical documentation: Does clinical governance work?

Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare

Volumn 6, Issue , 2013, Pages 441-450

  Dehghan, Mahlegha ^a   Dehghan, Dorsa ^b   Sheikhrabori, Akbar ^a   Sadeghi, Masoume ^c   Jalalian, Mehrdad ^d  

^a KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d Electronic Physician Journal   (Iran)

Author keywords

Clinical governance; Nursing documentation; Nursing record; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; NURSING STAFF; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84888810696     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11782390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/JMDH.S53252     Document Type: Article

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