Can peri-operative quality be maintained in the drive for operating room efficiency? An American perspective

Bailliere's Best Practice and Research in Clinical Anaesthesiology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 607-619

  Canales, Miguel G ^a   Macario, Alex ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Health information technology; Operating room efficiency; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; COST CONTROL; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; OPERATING ROOM; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION; SURGICAL AND OBSTETRIC CARE; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0035712808     PISSN: 15216896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/bean.2002.0194     Document Type: Article

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