Regional: Quality -- Patient Safety -- Inpatient: About

Selected Articles

Advancing the Culture of Patient Safety and Quality Improvement
MacGillivray TE. Advancing the Culture of Patient Safety and Quality Improvement. Methodist Debakey Cardiovasc J. 2020 Jul-Sep;16(3):192-198. doi: 10.14797/mdcj-16-3-192. PMID: 33133354; PMCID: PMC7587327.
An Asset-Based Quality Improvement Tool for Health Care Organizations: Cultivating Organizationwide Quality Improvement and Health Care Professional Engagement
Loving VA, Nolan C, Bessel M. An Asset-Based Quality Improvement Tool for Health Care Organizations: Cultivating Organizationwide Quality Improvement and Health Care Professional Engagement. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2022 Nov;48(11):599-608. doi: 10.1016/j.jcjq.2022.08.006. Epub 2022 Aug 18. PMID: 36123296.
Assessing Patient Safety Culture in Hospital Settings
Azyabi A, Karwowski W, Davahli MR. Assessing Patient Safety Culture in Hospital Settings. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Mar 3;18(5):2466. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18052466. PMID: 33802265; PMCID: PMC7967599.
Quality improvement into practice
Backhouse A, Ogunlayi F. Quality improvement into practice. BMJ. 2020 Mar 31;368:m865. doi: 10.1136/bmj.m865. PMID: 32234777; PMCID: PMC7190269.
Understanding the “Swiss Cheese Model” and Its Application to Patient Safety
Wiegmann DA, Wood LJ, Cohen TN, Shappell SA. Understanding the "Swiss Cheese Model" and Its Application to Patient Safety. J Patient Saf. 2022 Mar 1;18(2):119-123. doi: 10.1097/PTS.0000000000000810. PMID: 33852542; PMCID: PMC8514562.

NC AHEC Digital Library

In this libguide, there will be numerous resources (public or membership required) about Quality and Patient Safety- Inpatient.

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What is in the AHEC Digital Library?

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