Learning from incidents in healthcare: The journey, not the arrival, matters

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 252-256

  Leistikow, Ian ^a,b   Mulder, Sandra ^a   Vesseur, Jan ^a   Robben, Paul ^b,c  

^a Medical Specialist Care   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Welfare and Sport   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INCIDENT REPORT; LEARNING; NOTE; PATIENT SAFETY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL ERROR; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY; STANDARDS;

HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 85014778525     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2015-004853     Document Type: Note

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