Improving quality in an internal medicine residency program through a peer medical record audit

Academic Medicine

Volumn 84, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1796-1802

  Asao, Keiko ^a   Mansi, Ishak A ^a   Banks, Daniel ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT CARE; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

CORONARY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LOUISIANA; MEDICAL AUDIT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PATIENT CARE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 73449105482     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181c03671     Document Type: Article

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