Standardized admission order set improves perceived quality of pediatric inpatient care

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 90-96

  Bekmezian, Arpi ^a   Chung, Paul J ^a,b   Yazdani, Shahram ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Care standardization; Computerized physician order entry; Medical error; Patient safety; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL ORDER; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEDIATRIC ADMISSION ORDER SET; PEDIATRICS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; STANDARDIZATION; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY, 500 AND OVER; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LOS ANGELES; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL ERRORS; MEDICAL ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS; PATIENT ADMISSION; PEDIATRICS;

EID: 65549131168     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.403     Document Type: Article

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