Quality improvements based on detailed and precise terminology

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 155, Issue , 2010, Pages 71-77

  Tvede, Ida ^a   Bredegaard, Kirsten ^a   Andersen, Jakob Steen ^b  

^a Connecting Digital Health ^*  (Denmark)

^b Intensive Care Unit ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

benchmarking; comparative study; cost effectiveness; intensive care; quality assurance; Quality indicators; SNOMED CT; terminology

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; TERMINOLOGY;

COMPARATIVE STUDIES; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERNATIONAL BENCHMARKING; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY INDICATORS; QUALITY MONITORING; QUALITY STATISTIC; SNOMED-CT;

BENCHMARKING;

EID: 77954601609     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-60750-563-1-71     Document Type: Conference Paper

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