Chief complaint-based performance measures: A new focus for acute care quality measurement

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 387-395

  Griffey, Richard T ^a   Pines, Jesse M ^b   Farley, Heather L ^c   Phelan, Michael P ^d   Beach, Christopher ^e   Schuur, Jeremiah D ^f   Venkatesh, Arjun K ^g  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d CHRISTIANA CARE HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^e NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHIEF COMPLAINT BASED MEASURE; CONSENSUS; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PATIENT SAFETY; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD; THORAX PAIN; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; CHEST PAIN; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

CHEST PAIN; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84930383520     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2014.07.453     Document Type: Article

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