Patient safety improvement programmes for primary care. Review of a Delphi procedure and pilot studies by the LINNEAUS collaboration on patient safety in primary care

European Journal of General Practice

Volumn 21, Issue , 2015, Pages 50-55

  Verstappen, Wim ^a   Gaal, Sander ^a   Esmail, Aneez ^b   Wensing, Michel ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

improvement; LINNEAUS collaboration; Patient safety; prospective risk analysis

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DELPHI STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DRUG SAFETY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MEDICATION ERROR; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PILOT STUDY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; MEDICAL ERROR; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

DELPHI TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; PATIENT SAFETY; PILOT PROJECTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 84941117392     PISSN: 13814788     EISSN: 17511402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13814788.2015.1043725     Document Type: Review

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