Critical care: The impact of organization and management on outcomes

Current Opinion in Critical Care

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 487-492

  Nguyen, Yên Lan ^a   Wunsch, Hannah ^b   Angus, Derek C ^c,d  

^a HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c The CRISMA Laboratory (Clinical Research Investigation and Systems Modeling of Acute illness)   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical care; Management; Organization

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE NURSING; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL STAFF; MORTALITY; NURSE PATIENT RATIO; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; REVIEW; SEPSIS; TEAMWORK; TELEMEDICINE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

COMMUNICATION; HOSPITAL RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; INTENSIVE CARE; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78449292837     PISSN: 10705295     EISSN: 15317072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCC.0b013e32833d9180     Document Type: Review

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