A National Study Examining Emergency Medicine Specialty Training and Quality Measures in the Emergency Department

American Journal of Medical Quality

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 429-435

  Mathews, Simon C ^a   Kelen, Gabor D ^a   Pronovost, Peter J ^a   Pham, Julius Cuong ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

emergency department; emergency medicine; emergency medicine training; long bone fracture; myocardial infarction; patient safety; pneumonia; quality of health care

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ARTICLE; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FRACTURE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; OXIMETRY; PNEUMONIA; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ANALGESICS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ASPIRIN; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); OXIMETRY; PNEUMONIA; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 78649843517     PISSN: 10628606     EISSN: 1555824X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1062860610369171     Document Type: Article

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