Diabetes and hyperglycemia quality improvement efforts in hospitals in the united states: Current status, practice variation, and barriers to implementation

Endocrine Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 219-230

  Cook, Curtiss B ^a   Elias, Beth ^b   Kongable, Gail L ^b   Potter, Daniel J ^b   Shepherd, Katherine M ^b   McMahon, David ^c  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b Epsilon Group   (United States)

^c Luminous Medical Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN TREATMENT; INTENSIVE CARE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DIABETES MELLITUS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953936763     PISSN: 1530891X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4158/EP09234.OR     Document Type: Article

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