Feasibility of proactive medical device surveillance: The VA clinical assessment reporting and tracking (CART) program

Medical Care

Volumn 51, Issue 3 SUPPL. 1, 2013, Pages

  Tsai, Thomas T ^a   Box, Tamara L ^a   Gethoffer, Hans ^a   Noonan, Gregory ^a   Varosy, Paul D ^a   Maddox, Thomas M ^a   Fihn, Stephan D ^b,c   Gross, Thomas P ^d   Jesse, Robert L ^e,f   Rumsfeld, John S ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Office of Analytics and Business Intelligence   (United States)

^c VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d CENTER FOR DEVICES AND RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH   (United States)

^e Veterans Administration Central Office   (United States)

^f VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiovascular; device safety; patient safety

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BALLOON; CATHETER; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT REPORTING AND TRACKING PROGRAM; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DEVICE COMPLICATION; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; VETERAN;

CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DOCUMENTATION; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; PATIENT SAFETY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRODUCT SURVEILLANCE, POSTMARKETING; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 84874052770     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e31827da819     Document Type: Article

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