Improving use of medicines with clinician-led use of validated clinical indicators

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 192, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 180-189

  Lowinger, Jocelyn S ^a   Stark, Helen E ^b   Kelly, Maria ^a   Hughes, Clifford F ^c   Gazarian, Madlen ^d,e   Kaye, Karen I ^f  

^a New South Wales Therapeutic Assessment Group Inc   (Australia)

^b Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care   (Australia)

^c Clinical Excellence Commission   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e SYDNEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f National Prescribing Service Limited   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

CONSULTATION; CONTENT VALIDITY; DECISION MAKING; DRUG COST; DRUG UTILIZATION; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; INDICATORS FOR QUALITY USE OF MEDICINES IN AUSTRALIAN HOSPITALS; ORGANIZATION; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY CONTROL; SAFETY; TREATMENT PLANNING; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; DRUG MONITORING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY;

AGED; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; DRUG MONITORING; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HUMANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 77950347343     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb03473.x     Document Type: Editorial

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