The role of the society for academic emergency medicine in the development of guidelines and performance measures

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Pines, Jesse M ^a,b   Fee, Christopher ^c   Fermann, Gregory J ^d   Ferroggiaro, Anthony A ^e   Irvin, Charlene B ^f   Mazer, Maryann ^g   Frank Peacock, W ^h   Schuur, Jeremiah D ⁱ   Weber, Ellen J ^c   Pollack, Charles V ^j  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^h LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

ⁱ BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^j PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ADVISORY COMMITTEE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; MEDICAID; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICARE; ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW;

EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; JOINT COMMISSION ON ACCREDITATION OF HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78349271715     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2010.00914.x     Document Type: Review

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