Validating the patient safety indicators in the Veterans Health Administration: Are they ready for prime time?

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 212, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 921-923

  Rosen, Amy K ^a,b,c   Itani, Kamal M F ^a,c,d  

^a VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEEDING; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CASE FINDING; CLINICAL INDICATOR; DOCUMENTATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEMATOMA; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; NURSE; PATIENT CODING; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SAFETY INDICATOR; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SURGERY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

EID: 79957582882     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2010.12.053     Document Type: Editorial

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