Opening the black box of cancer surgery quality: WebSMR and the Alberta experience

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 99, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 525-530

  Mack, L A ^a   Bathe, O F ^a   Hebert, M A ^a   Tamano, E ^a   Buie, W D ^a   Fields, T ^a   Temple, W J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b TOM BAKER CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer surgery quality; Outcomes research; Synoptic reporting

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; CANADA; CANCER SURGERY; COLORECTAL CANCER; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; RECTUM CANCER; REVIEW; SURGEON; ARTICLE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; LINGUISTICS; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ALBERTA; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; NEOPLASMS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REFERENCE STANDARDS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VOCABULARY, CONTROLLED;

EID: 67049160783     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: 10969098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.21266     Document Type: Review

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