Explaining the Success or failure of quality improvement initiatives in long-term care organizations from a dynamic perspective

Journal of Applied Gerontology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 672-689

  Etheridge, Francis ^a   Couturier, Yves ^a   Denis, Jean Louis ^b   Tremblay, Lucie ^c   Tannenbaum, Cara ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b ÉCOLE NATIONALE D'ADMINISTRATION PUBLIQUE   (Canada)

^c Donald Berman Maimonides Geriatric Center   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Change dynamics; Change management; Innovative care program; Long term care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHANGE MANAGEMENT; CONSTIPATION; FALLING; GERONTOLOGICAL RESEARCH; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE; LONG TERM CARE; LONG TERM CARE ORGANIZATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; REVIEW; TEAMWORK; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; TRENDS;

HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUEBEC; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84907217376     PISSN: 07334648     EISSN: 15524523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0733464813492582     Document Type: Article

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