Reducing heart failure readmissions by teaching patient-centered care to internal medicine residents

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 171, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 858-859

  Record, Janet D ^a   Rand, Cynthia ^a   Christmas, Colleen ^a   Hanyok, Laura ^a   Federowicz, Molly ^a   Bilderback, Andrew ^a   Patel, Amar ^b   Khajuria, Suheir ^c   Hellmann, David B ^a   Ziegelstein, Roy C ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RESIDENT; RISK REDUCTION; SURVIVAL; TEACHING; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; PATIENT READMISSION; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79955784639     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.156     Document Type: Article

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