Researching patient safety and quality in healthcare :
[Book]
a Nordic perspective /
edited by Karina Aase and Lene Schibevaag
xxvi, 238 pages :
illustrations ;
24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index
Research on patient safety and quality in healthcare in a Nordic context -- Status of Nordic research on patient safety and quality of care -- Patient-centered care in the Nordic countries -- Studying patient safety and quality from different methodological angles and perspectives -- What is the role of theory in research on patient safety and quality improvement? : is there a Nordic perspective to theorising? -- Working in an institutionally layered system on patient safety and quality -- Centralization efforts to improve the quality of care and reduce the costs in health care systems -- National clinical registries : 10 years of experience with improving quality of care in Denmark -- Side effects of overdoing it : lessons from a comprehensive hospital accreditation programme -- A multidisciplinary and multiactor approach to falls prevention : the RFP network -- Coordination of discharge practices for elderly patients in light of a norwegian health care reform -- Leading quality and patient safety improvement in norwegian hospitals -- Telecare in home healthcare services : implications for quality and safety -- Coping with complexity : sensemaking in specialized home care -- Administration of intravenous medication : process variation across hospital wards