Keynote Address: Closing the Research-to-practice Gap in Emergency Medicine

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 932-935

  Clancy, Carolyn M ^a  

^a AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

Author keywords

crowding; emergency care; evidence based medicine; medical errors; triage

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MOTORIZED TRANSPORT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT SCHEDULING; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY CONTROL; RATING SCALE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SATISFACTION;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE (U.S.); SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY;

EID: 35349008994     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2007.06.028     Document Type: Article

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