Emergency medicine and hospital medicine: A call for collaboration

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 328-334

  Pollack Jr , Charles V ^a   Amin, Alpesh ^b   Talan, David A ^c,d  

^a PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c OLIVE VIEW UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

clinical protocols; emergency medicine; hospital medicine; hospitalist; quality; reimbursement

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STAFF; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SKIN INFECTION; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITALISTS; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; PATIENT HANDOFF; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SAFETY;

EID: 84864982320     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2012.01.051     Document Type: Article

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