Managing quality in an anesthesia department

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 223-231

  McIntosh, Catherine A ^a   Macario, Alex ^b  

^a JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Economics; Patient satisfaction; Quality; Workforce

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL STUDENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA; POSTOPERATIVE VOMITING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; SURGEON; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNIVERSITY;

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIA DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MEDICATION ERRORS; OPERATING ROOMS; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL;

EID: 68049108419     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACO.0b013e328324f810     Document Type: Review

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