Clinical pathways - First results of a systematic IT-supported application at a surgical department of a university hospital;Klinische behandlungspfade - Erste ergebnisse des systematischen IT-gestützten einsatzes an einer chirurgischen universitätsklinik

Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 131, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 962-967

  Schilling, Martin K ^a   Richter, S ^a   Jacob, P ^a   Lindemann, W ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clinical pathways; Process organisation; Quality management

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PATHWAY; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD; QUALITY CONTROL; STOMACH FUNCTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL WARD; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WOUND HEALING; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA BASE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; MEDICAL AUDIT; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; SURGERY; TECHNOLOGY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

CRITICAL PATHWAYS; DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GERMANY; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOFTWARE; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TECHNOLOGY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33744756957     PISSN: 00120472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-939876     Document Type: Article

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