Reducing treatment delay by improving information flow within the multidisciplinary team: A muticycle audit spiral in head and neck cancer

Clinical Otolaryngology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 427-428

  Xie, C ^a   Mills, H ^a   Magill, J ^a   Randhawa, P S ^a   Mace, A D ^a   Clarke, P M ^a   Sandhu, G S ^a   Sandison, A ^a   Nouraei, S A R ^a  

^a CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LETTER; MEDICAL STAFF; MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERAPY DELAY;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; SOFTWARE; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

EID: 84869793184     PISSN: 17494478     EISSN: 17494486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/coa.12005     Document Type: Letter

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