Building and supporting sustainable improvement in cardiac surgery: The Northern New England experience

Seminars in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 115-118

  Nugent, William C ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

CONFERENCE PAPER; COOPERATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; DATA BASE; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MORTALITY; ORGANIZATION; PATIENT CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

CARDIAC OUTPUT, LOW; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; NEW ENGLAND; PATIENT CARE TEAM; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES;

EID: 20344395618     PISSN: 10892532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/108925320500900202     Document Type: Conference Paper

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