Quality Improvement Using Automated Data Sources: The Anesthesia Quality Institute

Anesthesiology Clinics

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 439-454

  Dutton, Richard P ^a   DuKatz, Andrew ^b  

^a Anesthesia Quality Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

AIMS; Anesthesiology information management system; Outcomes; Quality management; Registry

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIOLOGY; ANESTHESIOLOGY INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTANESTHESIA CARE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGISTER; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIOLOGY; DATA COLLECTION; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HUMANS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; REGISTRIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80051988746     PISSN: 19322275     EISSN: 22103538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anclin.2011.05.002     Document Type: Review

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