Utilizing DMAIC six sigma and evidence-based medicine to streamline diagnosis in chest pain

Quality Management in Health Care

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 107-116

  Kumar, Sameer ^a   Thomas, Kory M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Best practices; Evidence based medicine; Informed decision making; Medical diagnosis; Process efficiency; Six Sigma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PRODUCTIVITY; THORAX PAIN; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

CHEST PAIN; EFFICIENCY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77950192362     PISSN: 10638628     EISSN: 15505154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QMH.0b013e3181db6432     Document Type: Article

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