Mind the gap between recommendation and implementation - Principles and lessons in the aftermath of incident investigations: A semi-quantitative and qualitative study of factors leading to the successful implementation of recommendations

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Wrigstad, Jonas ^a,b   Bergström, Johan ^b,c   Gustafson, Pelle ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INCIDENT REPORT; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SWEDEN; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; MEDICAL ERROR; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY; STANDARDS;

GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; PATIENT SAFETY; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SWEDEN;

EID: 84901935406     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005326     Document Type: Article

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