Implementing a standardized order set for community-acquired pneumonia: Impact on mortality and cost

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 414-421

  Fleming, Neil S ^a   Ogola, Gerald ^a   Ballard, David J ^a  

^a BAYLOR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; MALE; MASS COMMUNICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIHOSPITAL SYSTEM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; DIRECT SERVICE COSTS; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTI-INSTITUTIONAL SYSTEMS; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; TEXAS;

EID: 69249090639     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1553-7250(09)35058-8     Document Type: Article

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