Did hospital engagement networks actually improve care?

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 371, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 691-693

  Pronovost, Peter ^a   Jha, Ashish K ^b,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDGET; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL ENGAGEMENT NETWORK; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PEER REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM FEASIBILITY; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK REDUCTION; SHORT SURVEY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES (U.S.); HEALTH POLICY; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE MANAGEMENT; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84907377121     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1405800     Document Type: Article

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