Monitoring patient safety in health care: Building the case for surrogate measures

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 95-101

  Gaynes, Robert P ^a,b   Platt, Richard ^c,d  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HARVARD PILGRIM HEALTH CARE   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; CROSS INFECTION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SAFETY; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION CONTROL PRACTITIONERS; JOINT COMMISSION ON ACCREDITATION OF HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646945630     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1553-7250(06)32013-2     Document Type: Article

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