The impact of hospital accreditation on clinical documentation compliance: A life cycle explanation using interrupted time series analysis

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Devkaran, Subashnie ^a   O'Farrell, Patrick N ^b  

^a Quality and Patient Safety Al Noor Hospitals Group ^*  (United Arab Emirates)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; EVALUATION STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOSPITAL ACCREDITATION; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; LIFE CYCLE MODEL; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT SAFETY; PREDICTION; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOM SAMPLE; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREND STUDY; DOCUMENTATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

ACCREDITATION; DOCUMENTATION; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INTERRUPTED TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; MEDICAL RECORDS; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 84928996151     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005240     Document Type: Article

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