Deciphering harm measurement

JAMA

Volumn 307, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 2155-2156

  Parry, Gareth ^a,b   Cline, Amelia ^a   Goldmann, Don ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENT   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HARM MEASUREMENT; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CODING; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 84861401062     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2012.3649     Document Type: Short Survey

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