Commonwealth of Massachusetts Betsy Lehman Center for Patient Safety and Medical Error Reduction Expert Panel on weight loss surgery executive report August 4, 2004

Obesity Research

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 205-226

  Harvey, Alan M ^a   Blackburn, George L ^b   Apovian, Caroline M ^c   Barnes, Janet Nally ^a   Boulton, Hannah ^p   Crane, Martin ^d   Fallon, John A ^e   Flaherty, Helen ^p   Greenberg, Isaac ^f   Hutter, Matthew ^g   Kaplan, Lee M ^g   Kaplan, Marjorie ^h   Kelly, John ⁱ   Ludwig, David ^j   Mulligan, Ann ^k   Sabin, Jim ^l   Saltzman, Edward ^f   Schumann, Roman ^f   Shikora, Scott ^f   Sullivan, Mary Anna ^m   Tarnoff, Michael ^f   Thayer, Bruce ^k   Whittemore, Anthony ^a   Young, Lorrie ^c   Annas, Catherine L ^p   Granoff, Karen ⁿ   Ridley, Nancy ^p   Hu, Frank ^p   Bassinger, Lori ^p   Fitzpayne, Elizabeth ^o   more..

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Board of Registration in Medicine

^e Blue Cross Blue Shield   (United States)

^f TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h UMASS Medical Center   (United States)

ⁱ UMASS MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^j Children's Hospital

^k NEWTON WELLESLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^l HARVARD PILGRIM HEALTH CARE   (United States)

^m LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁿ Office of Patient Protection

^o Massachusetts Medical Society   (United States)

^p NONE

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ACCREDITATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; BILIOPANCREATIC BYPASS; CHILD; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ECONOMICS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GASTROPLASTY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LAPAROSCOPY; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDLINE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; NURSING CARE; OBESITY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; REIMBURSEMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; STOMACH BYPASS; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANESTHESIA; BILIOPANCREATIC DIVERSION; CHILD; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CREDENTIALING; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; GASTRIC BYPASS; GASTROPLASTY; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; LAPAROSCOPY; MASSACHUSETTS; MEDICAL ERRORS; MEDLINE; NURSING CARE; OBESITY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 18144412705     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2005.30     Document Type: Article

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