Lack of Emergency Medical Services Documentation Is Associated with Poor Patient Outcomes: A Validation of Audit Filters for Prehospital Trauma Care

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 210, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 220-227

  Laudermilch, Dann J ^a   Schiff, Melissa A ^b   Nathens, Avery B ^c   Rosengart, Matthew R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DOCUMENTATION; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; COHORT STUDIES; DOCUMENTATION; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 74749102304     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2009.10.008     Document Type: Article

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