... (p=0.22). Elodie Sellier can be contacted at: ESellier@chu‐grenoble.fr © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Morbidity and mortality conferences Quality assurance Patient safety Medical education France Mortality and morbidity conferences (M&MCs) were established...

... or social workers), 52 per cent had worked in psychiatry for ≥10 years and 9 per cent worked in several locations (transverse working) (Table I). Laurent Boyer can be contacted at: laurent.boyer@ap‐hm.fr Social networks Health services France Quality improvement Intergroup relations...

... these programmes function in the Provence‐Alpes‐Côte d'Azur region of France. Design/methodology/approach A prospective, controlled, before‐and‐after study (2001‐2004) compared diabetic patients who lived in departments (localities) with (the experimental group) and without a MCP (the control group). Quality...

... is lacking. Clinical governance France Venous thromboembolism is a common clinical problem among hospitalised patients (Heit et al., 2000). The clinical silence of deep vein thrombosis and the high risk of mortality of pulmonary embolism make prevention the most suitable response...

... © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 --> Patient care Training Health services France United Kingdom Europe, Middle East and Africa United Kingdom University hosts 37 French health professionals in £1m Anglo-French initiative to enhance patient care...

...Marie‐Pascale Pomey; André‐Pierre Contandriopoulos; Patrice François; Dominique Bertrand Examines the dynamics of change that operated following preparations for accreditation. The study was conducted from May 1995 to October 2001 in a university hospital center in France after the introduction...

... for suggestions for services to improve organisation and bring arguments for better health care. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Hospitals Health services Admissions France Most physicians agree that the French health care system, in particular hospitals, should be more efficient...

... of a single room, and prior stay in the department. It also differed with respect to patients’ behavioral intentions, answers to an overall satisfaction item, and open‐ended comments. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Patient care Surveys Hospitals France It is currently admitted...

..., which was cause for reservations in the interpretation of these results. © MCB UP Limited 1998 Assessment France Hospitals Quality Written communications The communication of medical information between physicians in charge of the care of mutual patients is a major factor...