Collaborative clinical quality improvement for pressure ulcers in nursing homes

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1663-1669

  Lynn, Joanne ^a,b,h   West, Jeff ^c   Hausmann, Susan ^c   Gifford, David ^d,e   Nelson, Rachel ^b   McGann, Paul ^b   Bergstrom, Nancy ^f   Ryan, Judith A ^g  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES   (United States)

^c QUALIS HEALTH   (United States)

^d Quality Partners of Rhode Island   (United States)

^e RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^g Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society   (United States)

^h NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Nursing homes; Pressure ulcers; Public reporting; Quality improvement; Quality measures; Translation of research to practice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECUBITUS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INCIDENCE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSING HOME; OBESITY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PREVALENCE; SCAR; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; ULCER HEALING;

HUMANS; NURSING HOMES; PRESSURE ULCER; PREVALENCE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34848864317     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01380.x     Document Type: Article

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