Guidelines for internal peer review in the cardiac catheterization laboratory

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 21-32

  Heupler Jr , Frederick A ^a   Chambers, Charles E ^b   Dear, Wayne E ^c   Angello, Debra A ^d   Heisler, Mary ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c TEXAS HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Winchester Cardiol and Int Med   (United States)

Author keywords

clinical protocols; feedback; health care; outcome assessment; physician's practice patterns; quality assurance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DATA BASE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY; PEER REVIEW; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARDIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DATA COLLECTION; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PEER REVIEW, HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0343924495     PISSN: 00986569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0304(199701)40:1<21::AID-CCD6>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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