Frequency of inappropriate medical exceptions to quality measures

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 152, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 225-231

  Persell, Stephen D ^a   Dolan, Nancy C ^b   Friesema, Elisha M ^a   Thompson, Jason A ^a   Kaiser, Darren ^b   Baker, David W ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PEER REVIEW; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; UNITED STATES;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEEDBACK; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; MEDICAL AUDIT; OBSERVATION; PEER REVIEW, HEALTH CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 77949505793     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-152-4-201002160-00007     Document Type: Article

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