Province wide clinical governance network for clinical audit for quality improvement in endometrial cancer management

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 94-100

  Mandato, Vincenzo Dario ^a   Formisano, Debora ^b   Pirillo, Debora ^a   Ciarlini, Gino ^a   Cerami, Lillo Bruno ^c   Ventura, Alessandro ^d   Spreafico, Lorenzo ^e   Palmieri, Tamara ^f   La Sala, Giovanni Battista ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Abrate, Martino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology   (Italy)

^d Ospedale Civile   (Italy)

^e Ospedale Franchini   (Italy)

^f Castelnovo ne Monti ^*  (Italy)

^g Ospedale S Anna   (Italy)

Author keywords

Audit; Endometrial cancer; Guideline; Health care quality improvement; Team training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURETTAGE; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOEMBOLISM; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; ITALY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; ONCOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84858212584     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: 15251438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IGC.0b013e318232cab5     Document Type: Article

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