Measuring safety and quality to improve clinical outcomes -current activities and future directions for the Australian Cardiac Procedures registry

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 193, Issue SUPPL. 8, 2010, Pages

  Reid, Christopher M ^a   Brennan, Angela L ^a   Dinh, Diem T ^a   Billah, Baki ^a   Costolloe, Carl B ^a   Shardey, Gilbert C ^b   Ajani, Andrew E ^c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CABRINI INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AUSTRALIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DEFIBRILLATOR; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL DEVICE; MEDICAL SERVICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MONITORING; PACEMAKER; PATIENT MONITORING; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; QUALITY CONTROL; REGISTER; REVIEW; SAFETY; STENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CORONARY CARE UNIT; FORECASTING; HEART SURGERY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS;

AUSTRALIA; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FORECASTING; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 79952111847     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb04024.x     Document Type: Review

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