Promoting physician-nurse collaboration throughout the organization.
For health care institutions embracing the total quality approach to management, interdisciplinary collaboration focused on the processes associated with patient care is vital. To attain a vision of effective physician-nurse collaboration, specific initiatives at all levels of the University of Alberta Hospitals have helped to transform the vision into current reality.
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University of Alberta Hospitals, Edmonton.
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D000046:Academic Medical Centers / Q000592:standards*; D000416:Alberta; D006075:Governing Board; D006740:Hospital Administrators; D006746:Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015279:Organizational Culture; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D010934:Planning Techniques; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012380:Role; D000078329:Workforce