Evaluation of the patient safety leadership walkabout program of a hospital in Singapore

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 78-83

  Lim, Raymond Boon Tar ^a,b   Ng, Benjamin Boon Lui ^b   Ng, Kok Mun ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Leadership walkabout; Leadership walkaround; Patient safety; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL ERROR; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PATIENT SAFETY; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; SINGAPORE;

HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL ERRORS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PATIENT SAFETY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SINGAPORE;

EID: 84894102354     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11622/smedj.2014019     Document Type: Article

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