Interdisciplinary Quality Improvement from the Perspective of a Clinical Pathway Team

Journal of Nursing Care Quality

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 19-29

  Ibarra, Vicki L ^a   Mueller, Toni ^a   Rossi, Nicholas ^b   Schillig, Kay ^a   Swearingen, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical pathway; Improving performance; Quality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PATHWAY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DOCUMENTATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; DOCUMENTATION; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; IOWA; MANAGEMENT QUALITY CIRCLES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0031989171     PISSN: 10573631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001786-199802000-00006     Document Type: Article

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