National quality validation programs for breast centers

Expert Review of Anticancer Therapy

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1357-1362

  Kaufman, Cary S ^a  

^a Bellingham Breast Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Accreditation; Breast cancer; Breast care quality; Certification; Pay for performance; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; HORMONE;

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARE; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAMMOGRAPHY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SURVIVAL RATE; VALIDATION PROCESS; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER CENTER; COMPUTER SYSTEM; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; LICENSING; MEDICAL SOCIETY; ONLINE SYSTEM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ACCREDITATION; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; INTERNET; LICENSURE, HOSPITAL; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35848944870     PISSN: 14737140     EISSN: 17448328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14737140.7.10.1357     Document Type: Article

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