Translating concerns into action: A detailed qualitative evaluation of an interdisciplinary intervention on medical wards

BMJ Open

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2017, Pages

  Pannick, Samuel ^a   Archer, Stephanie ^a   Johnston, Maximillian J ^a   Beveridge, Iain ^b   Long, Susannah Jane ^a,c   Athanasiou, Thanos ^a   Sevdalis, Nick ^d  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

healthcare quality; interdisciplinary teams; medical ward; patient safety; prospective surveillance

Indexed keywords

CATHARSIS; COMFORT; COMPETITION; ETHNOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INVESTMENT; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; MANAGER; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGISTRATION; STAFF; TENSION; ENGLAND; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEEDBACK; FOCUS GROUPS; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; LONDON; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT CARE TEAM; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 85017092360     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-014401     Document Type: Article

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