Medical error prevention in ed triage for ACS: Use of cardiac care decision support and quality improvement feedback

Cardiology Clinics

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 601-614

  Daudelin, Denise H ^a,b   Selker, Harry P ^a,b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORONARY CARE UNIT; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUALITY CONTROL; REPERFUSION; REVIEW; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; SYNDROME; TRIAGE;

EID: 27644509545     PISSN: 07338651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccl.2005.08.004     Document Type: Review

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