Positive deviance: A different approach to achieving patient safety

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 880-883

  Lawton, Rebecca ^a,b   Taylor, Natalie ^b,c   Clay Williams, Robyn ^c   Braithwaite, Jeffrey ^c  

^a BRADFORD INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ERROR; MORTALITY; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REVIEW; TEAMWORK; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RISK ADJUSTMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84908053758     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2014-003115     Document Type: Review

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