Showing posts with label patient surveys. Show all posts
Showing posts with label patient surveys. Show all posts

Monday, 21 September 2015

A patient-initiated voluntary online survey of adverse medical events

"This large voluntary survey of medical harm highlights the potential efficacy of patient-initiated surveys for providing meaningful feedback and for guiding improvements in patient care."

A patient-initiated voluntary online survey of adverse medical events: the perspective of 696 injured patients and families
FS Southwick, NM Cranley, JA Hallisy
BMJ Quality and Safety 2015;24:620-629 doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2015-003980

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Thursday, 7 May 2015

The relationship between accounting and quality improvement in healthcare

"Accounting is often ineffective not because it is inherently incomparable with quality and the complexities of healthcare, but because its underlying characteristics have not been fully acknowledged or understood."

Accounting for quality: on the relationship between accounting and quality improvement in healthcare
D Pflueger
BMC Health Services Research 2015, 15:178  doi:10.1186/s12913-015-0769-4

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