What can the national quality forum tell us about performance measurement in anesthesiology?

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 440-448

  Hyder, Joseph A ^a   Niconchuk, Jonathan ^b   Glance, Laurent G ^c   Neuman, Mark D ^d   Cima, Robert R ^e   Dutton, Richard P ^f,g   Nguyen, Louis L ^h   Fleisher, Lee A ⁱ   Bader, Angela M ^h  

^a DEPARTMENT OF UROLOGY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^f Anesthesia Quality Institute   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^h BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIOLOGY; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARE BUNDLE; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CESAREAN SECTION; CLASSIFICATION; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL POLICY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG RESECTION; MEDICAL PROFESSION; NEUROSURGERY; OPERATING ROOM; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT SAFETY; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURCHASING; RECOVERY ROOM; RISK; SAMPLE SIZE; SEDATION; SURGEON; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEAMWORK; THORAX SURGERY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; STANDARDS; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIOLOGY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84921959909     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: 15267598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000000553     Document Type: Article

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