Can Didactic Continuing Education Improve Clinical Decision Making and Reduce Cost of Quality? Evidence From a Case Study

Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 109-118

  Vuković, Mira ^a   Gvozdenović, Branislav S ^b   Ranković, Milena ^a   Mccormick, Bryan P ^c   Vuković, Danica D ^d   Gvozdenović, Biljana D ^e   Kastratović, Dragana A ^f   Marković, Srdjan Z ^f   Ilić, Miodrag ^g   Jakovljević, Mihajlo B ^h  

^a Health Center Valjevo   (Serbia)

^b Pharmacovigilance Department PPD   (Serbia)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d eFront ^*  (Serbia)

^e National Health Insurance Fund   (Serbia)

^f CLINICAL CENTER OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

^g Institute of Cardiovascular Surgery Dedinje   (Serbia)

^h University of Kragujevac Medical Faculty   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Cost of quality; Cost benefit cost effectiveness analysis; Human serum albumin; Innovative educational interventions; Mortality; Quality improvement Six Sigma TQM; Quality indicators; Surgery department

Indexed keywords

SERUM ALBUMIN;

CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COST CONTROL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STAFF; PROCEDURES; RESUSCITATION; SERBIA; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

CLINICAL DECISION-MAKING; COST SAVINGS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RESUSCITATION; SERBIA; SERUM ALBUMIN; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL;

EID: 84932085829     PISSN: 08941912     EISSN: 1554558X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chp.21272     Document Type: Article

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