Clinical implications and validity of nursing assessments: A longitudinal measure of patient condition from analysis of the Electronic Medical Record

BMJ Open

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Rothman, Michael J ^a   Solinger, Alan B ^b   Rothman, Steven I ^a   Finlay, G Duncan ^a  

^a Rothman Healthcare Corp   (United States)

^b ABS Professionals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FOOD; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL PATIENT; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NOISE STANDARD; NURSING ASSESSMENT; OBSTETRICS; PAIN; PEDIATRICS; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SKIN DISCOLORATION; UNITED STATES; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE;

EID: 84865140730     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-000849     Document Type: Article

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