What to expect when you're evaluating healthcare improvement: A concordat approach to managing collaboration and uncomfortable realities

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 318-324

  Brewster, Liz ^a   Aveling, Emma Louise ^a   Martin, Graham ^a   Tarrant, Carolyn ^a   Dixon Woods, Mary ^a   Barber, Nick ^b   Bion, Julian ^b   Cooke, Matthew ^b   Cross, Steve ^b   Flanagan, Hugh ^b   Goeschel, Christine ^b   Jarvis, Rose ^b   Pronovost, Peter ^b   Spurgeon, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; PATIENT SAFETY; COOPERATION; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PUBLIC RELATIONS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SAFETY; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 84928947705     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2014-003732     Document Type: Article

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