Design and measurement of quality improvement indicators in ambulatory pulmonary care: Creating a "culture of quality" in an academic pulmonary division

Chest

Volumn 136, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1134-1140

  Roberts, David H ^a   Gilmartin, Geoffrey S ^a   Neeman, Naama ^a   Schulze, Joanne E ^a   Cannistraro, Sabrina ^a   Ngo, Long H ^a   Aronson, Mark D ^a   Weiss, J Woodrow ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; INFLUENZA VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY REHABILITATION; QUALITY CONTROL; REIMBURSEMENT; SMOKING CESSATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70350103846     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.09-0619     Document Type: Article

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