Quality improvement in patient radiation treatment in Ontario: Use of a change management approach to increase peer review activities

Journal of Oncology Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2016, Pages e61-e70

  Reddeman, Lindsay ^a   Foxcroft, Sophie ^a   Gutierrez, Eric ^a   Hart, Margaret ^a   Lockhart, Elizabeth ^a   Mendelsohn, Marissa ^a   Ang, Michelle ^a   Sharpe, Michael ^a   Warde, Padraig ^a   Brundage, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER CENTER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SYSTEM QUALITY INDEX; CHANGE MANAGEMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MONITORING; PEER REVIEW; QUALITY OF LIFE ASSESSMENT; RADIOTHERAPY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; NEOPLASMS; ONTARIO; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; STANDARDS;

CANCER CARE FACILITIES; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; NEOPLASMS; ONTARIO; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PEER REVIEW; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 84958568328     PISSN: 15547477     EISSN: 1935469X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JOP.2015.006882     Document Type: Article

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