A comparison of methods to detect urinary tract infections using electronic data

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 411-417

  Landers, Timothy ^a,b   Apte, Mandar ^a   Hyman, Sandra ^c   Furuya, Yoko ^a,c   Glied, Sherry ^d   Larson, Elaine ^a  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE;

AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MEDICAL AUDIT; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; URINE;

EID: 77958177772     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1553-7250(10)36060-0     Document Type: Article

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