Rapid response systems: Move a bit more slowly

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2507-2509

  Teplick, Richard ^a   Anderson, A Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESCUE PERSONNEL;

CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCES; CRITICAL CARE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33747466798     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000237050.96409.94     Document Type: Editorial

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