Best practices for basic and advanced skills in health care service recovery: A case study of a re-admitted patient

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 310-318

  Hayden, Anna C ^a   Pichert, James W ^a   Fawcett, Jodi ^b   Moore, Ilene N ^c   Hickson, Gerald B ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Psychiatric Solutions Inc ^*  (United States)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

HOSPITAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PATIENT READMISSION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 78651255042     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1553-7250(10)36047-8     Document Type: Article

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