Aim for excellence: integrating accreditation standards into the continuous quality improvement framework.
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The Ottawa Hospital has developed a simple template incorporating specific key Canadian Council on Health Services Accreditation criteria that will allow clinical teams to annually self-assess their activities against the accreditation standards.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Healthcare quarterly
دوره 7 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2004