Improving documentation of patient acuity level using a progress note template

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 199, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 468-475

  Grogan, Eric L ^a,d,e   Speroff, Theodore ^a,b,e,f,g   Deppen, Stephen A ^c   Roumie, Christianne L ^a,e,f   Elasy, Tom A ^a,b,e,f,g   Dittus, Robert S ^a,b,e,f,g   Rosenbloom, S Trent ^a,d   Holzman, Michael D ^a  

^a Department of Surgery ^*  (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Center for Clinical Improvement   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Veterans Administration   (United States)

^f VA Tennessee Valley Hlth Serv R   (United States)

^g Education and Clinical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MORTALITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; BENCHMARKING; COMORBIDITY; DOCUMENTATION; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MEDICAL RECORDS; NURSING RECORDS;

EID: 4344674078     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2004.05.254     Document Type: Article

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