Do "Most Wired" hospitals deliver better care?

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 136-144

  Yu, Feliciano ^a,b   Houston, Thomas K ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^d BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 33947273154     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1553-7250(07)33016-x     Document Type: Article

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