Diabetes-related foot care at 10 veterans affairs medical centers: Must do's associated with successful microsystems

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 206-213

  Wrobel, James S ^a,b,c   Robbins, Jeffrey M ^d,e   Charns, Martin P ^f   Bonacker, Kristin M ^g   Reiber, Gayle E ^g   Pogach, Leonard ^h  

^a Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office White River Junction   (United States)

^b V A Healthcare System   (United States)

^c ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^d Department of Surgery   (United States)

^e LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f VA Center for Organization Leadership and Management Research   (United States)

^g VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^h New Jersey Health Care System   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIABETIC FOOT; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AMPUTATION; DIABETIC FOOT; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEWS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 33748104712     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1553-7250(06)32026-0     Document Type: Article

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