Do large-scale hospital- and system-wide interventions improve patient outcomes: A systematic review

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Clay Williams, Robyn ^a   Nosrati, Hadis ^a   Cunningham, Frances C ^a,b   Hillman, Kenneth ^a   Braithwaite, Jeffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hospital care; Hospital wide intervention; Implementation science; Organisational culture; Patient outcomes; Patient safety; System implementation

Indexed keywords

HOSPITAL; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; STANDARDS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

HOSPITALS; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 84964312792     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-14-369     Document Type: Review

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