Re-examining high reliability: Actively organising for safety

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 248-251

  Sutcliffe, Kathleen M ^a,b   Paine, Lori ^b,c   Pronovost, Peter J ^b,d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; NOTE; PATIENT HARM; PATIENT SAFETY; RELIABILITY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TRUST; UNITED STATES; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; HUMAN RELATION; IN SERVICE TRAINING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SAFETY; STANDARDS;

CHECKLIST; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PATIENT SAFETY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TRUST;

EID: 85014745199     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2015-004698     Document Type: Note

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