Measuring clinical pathway adherence

Journal of Biomedical Informatics

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 861-872

  van de Klundert, Joris ^a   Gorissen, Pascal ^b   Zeemering, Stef ^b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adherence; Clinical pathways; Dynamic programming

Indexed keywords

ADHERENCE; CLINICAL PATHWAYS; MAASTRICHT; MEASUREMENT METHODS; MEDICAL CENTER; MEDICAL RECORD; ORDERED DATA;

DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING;

ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PATHWAY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MEDICAL RECORD; POLICY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE;

ALGORITHMS; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 78649331807     PISSN: 15320464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbi.2010.08.002     Document Type: Article

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