Patient outcomes can be associated with organizational changes: A quality improvement case study

Critical Care Nursing Quarterly

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 125-134

  Timmers, Tim K ^a   Hulstaert, Puck F ^a   Leenen, Luke P H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

conflict within the intensive care; critical care management; intensive care outcome; intensive care reorganization; quality of care in intensive care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APACHE; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL DOWNSIZING; ORGANIZATIONAL RESTRUCTURING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO; SURGICAL PATIENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; AGED; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EVALUATION STUDY; INTENSIVE CARE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SURVIVAL; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT SAFETY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84890384417     PISSN: 08879303     EISSN: 15505111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CNQ.0000000000000011     Document Type: Article

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