Closing gaps between evidence-based stroke care guidelines and practices with a collaborative quality improvement project

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 517-527

  Stoeckle Roberts, Stacey ^a,b   Reeves, Mathew J ^c   Jacobs, Bradley S ^d,e   Maddox, Kate ^f   Choate, Lisa ^b   Wehner, Susan ^g   Mullard, Andrew J ^c  

^a MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH   (United States)

^b AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EVALUATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MASS COMMUNICATION; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING STUDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REGISTER; STANDARD; STROKE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; MICHIGAN; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; STATE GOVERNMENT; STROKE; STUDENTS, NURSING; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33748567086     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1553-7250(06)32067-3     Document Type: Article

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