Collaborative Quality Improvement to Manage Pain in Acute Care Hospitals

Pain Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 138-147

  Haller, Guy ^a   Agoritsas, Thomas ^a   Luthy, Christophe ^a   Piguet, Valérie ^a   Griesser, Anne Claude ^b   Perneger, Thomas ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acute pain; Analgesic; Organizational function; Pain management; Quality of health care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; COLLABORATIVE QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM; EMERGENCY CARE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 78651249360     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2010.01020.x     Document Type: Article

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