Sepsis mandates: Improving inpatient care while advancing quality improvement

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 312, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 1397-1398

  Cooke, Colin R ^a,b   Iwashyna, Theodore J ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MORTALITY; NOTE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SEPSIS; ARTICLE; GOVERNMENT; HOSPITAL; STANDARD; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES (U.S.); HOSPITALS; HUMANS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; SEPSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84907709287     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2014.11350     Document Type: Note

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