Are we ready and how do we know? the urgent need for performance metrics in hospital emergency management

Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 57-60

  Lazar, Eliot J ^a   Cagliuso, Nicholas V ^b   Gebbie, Kristine M ^c  

^a NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Emergency Management   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Definitions; Health care quality; Hospital disaster planning; Hospital emergency management; Measures; Performance metrics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARD;

BENCHMARKING; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 67649360424     PISSN: 19357893     EISSN: 193844X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DMP.0b013e31817e0e7f     Document Type: Article

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