Using a virtual breakthrough series collaborative to reduce postoperative respiratory failure in 16 veterans health administration hospitals

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 11-20

  Zubkoff, Lisa ^a,b   Neily, Julia ^c   Mills, Peter D ^b,d   Borzecki, Ann ^e,f   Shin, Marlena ^g   Lynn, Marilyn M ^e   Gunnar, William ^h,i   Rosen, Amy ^j,k  

^a VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c VA National Center for Patient Safety   (United States)

^d VA National Center for Patient Safety   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g Center for Health Organization Transformation   (United States)

^h VHA National Surgery Office   (United States)

ⁱ LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^j BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^k VA Senior Research Career Scientist   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COOPERATION; DOCUMENTATION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SPIROMETRY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

COMMUNICATION; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DOCUMENTATION; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT READMISSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 84892418534     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1553-7250(14)40002-3     Document Type: Article

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