Using quality improvement teams to improve documentation in records at a community mental health center

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 239-242

  Baker, James G ^a,b   Shanfield, Stephen B ^c   Schnee, Steven ^a  

^a Mental Hlth Mental Retard Auth H   (United States)

^b Magellan Behavioral Health of Texas   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DOCUMENTATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE;

COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONAL MANAGEMENT TEAMS; MANAGEMENT QUALITY CIRCLES; MEDICAL RECORDS; TEXAS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0033953091     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.51.2.239     Document Type: Article

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