Directly observed care: Can unannounced standardized patients address a gap in performance measurement?

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1183-1187

  Weiner, Saul J ^a,b   Schwartz, Alan ^b  

^a JESSE BROWN VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL INDICATOR; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIRECTLY OBSERVED CARE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; STANDARD; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNANNOUNCED STANDARDIZED PATIENT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE;

EID: 84904419541     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-014-2860-7     Document Type: Article

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