Accomplishing Much in a Short Time: Use of a Rapid Improvement Event to Redesign the Assessment and Treatment of Patients With Alcohol Withdrawal

American Journal of Medical Quality

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 95-102

  Sankoff, Jeffrey ^a   Taub, Julie ^a   Mintzer, David ^a  

^a DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

alcohol withdrawal; process improvement; quality improvement; treatment protocol

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874763685     PISSN: 10628606     EISSN: 1555824X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1062860612448679     Document Type: Article

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