Validity of Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Patient Safety Indicators at an academic medical center

American Surgeon

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 578-582

  Ramanathan, Rajesh ^a   Leavell, Patricia ^a   Stockslager, Gregory ^a   Mays, Catherine ^a   Harvey, Dale ^a   Duane, Therese M ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL INJURY; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CATHETER INFECTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFERENCE PAPER; DECUBITUS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LACERATION; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT CODING; PATIENT SAFETY INDICATOR; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEPSIS; TREND STUDY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URBAN AREA; VALIDATION PROCESS; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; HUMANS; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY;

EID: 84878260595     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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