Documentation of Quality of Care Data for Colon Cancer Surgery: Comparison of Synoptic and Dictated Operative Reports

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 3592-3597

  Maniar, Reagan L ^a   Hochman, David J ^a   Wirtzfeld, Debrah A ^a   McKay, Andrew M ^a   Yaffe, Clifford S ^a   Yip, Benson ^a   Silverman, Richard ^a   Park, Jason ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL STUDY; COLON CANCER; COLON SURGERY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; SURGICAL PATIENT; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DOCUMENTATION; FOLLOW UP; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DATA COLLECTION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DOCUMENTATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84932188889     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-014-3741-3     Document Type: Article

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