Accreditation 2000: The journey continues

Journal of the American Health Information Management Association

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 32-39

  Baldwin Stried, Kimberly A ^a   Godellas, Constantine V ^b  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MEDICARE; POLICY; REVIEW;

EID: 0033951784     PISSN: 10605487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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