Development of a functional, internet-accessible Department of Surgery outcomes database

American Surgeon

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 548-554

  Newcomb, William L ^a   Lincourt, Amy E ^a   Gersin, Keith ^a   Kercher, Kent ^a   Iannitti, David ^a   Kuwada, Tim ^a   Lyons, Cynthia ^a   Sing, Ronald F ^a   Hadzikadic, Mirsad ^a   Heniford, B Todd ^a   Rucho, Susan ^a  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL BILLING; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; PATIENT SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; INTERNET; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 44449168604     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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