Developing a preliminary 'never event' list for general practice using consensus-building methods

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 64, Issue 620, 2014, Pages

  De Wet, Carl ^a   O'Donnell, Catherine ^a   Bowie, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS EDUCATION FOR SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

General practice; Never events; Patient safety; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CONSENSUS; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CONTENT VALIDITY; DELPHI STUDY; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MEDICAL EXPERT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; UNITED KINGDOM; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; VALIDATION STUDY;

BENCHMARKING; CONSENSUS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84896824380     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp14X677536     Document Type: Article

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