Infrastructure for quality transformation: Measurement and reporting in veterans administration intensive care units

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 498-507

  Render, Marta L ^a,b   Freyberg, Ron W ^a   Hasselbeck, Rachael ^a   Hofer, Timothy P ^a,c   Sales, Anne E ^d   Deddens, James ^b   Levesque, Odette ^a   Almenoff, Peter L ^a,e  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGATROBAN; CHLORHEXIDINE; FONDAPARINUX; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA EXTRACTION; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIRECTORY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL BED; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LABORATORY TEST; LEADERSHIP; MORTALITY; NURSE MANAGER; PERFORMANCE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROPHYLAXIS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; VETERAN;

BENCHMARKING; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LEADERSHIP; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 79958017559     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs.2009.037218     Document Type: Article

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