Evaluating physician performance at individualizing care: A pilot study tracking contextual errors in medical decision making

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 726-734

  Weiner, Saul J ^a,b,c   Schwartz, Alan ^b   Yudkowsky, Rachel ^b   Schiff, Gordon D ^d   Weaver, Frances M ^e,f   Goldberg, Julie ^b   Weiss, Kevin B ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c Center for Complex Chronic Care   (United States)

^d RUSH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f HINES VA HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Medical error; Patient centered care; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; JOB ANALYSIS; JOB PERFORMANCE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ERROR; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN;

COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; PATIENT SIMULATION; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 36248964660     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: 1552681X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X07306113     Document Type: Article

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