Usability and Acceptability of the QDACT-PC, an Electronic Point-of-Care System for Standardized Quality Monitoring in Palliative Care

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 615-621

  Kamal, Arif H ^a,b   Kavalieratos, Dio ^b,d   Bull, Janet ^c   Stinson, Charles S ^e   Nicolla, Jonathan ^b   Abernethy, Amy P ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Four Seasons   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e FORSYTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

health services delivery; palliative care; Quality monitoring

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CODING; PATIENT MONITORING; QUALITY DATA COLLECTION TOOL FOR PALLIATIVE CARE; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN; POINT OF CARE SYSTEM; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SOFTWARE; STANDARDS; TIME FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYSICIANS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SOFTWARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84945464153     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: 18736513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2015.05.013     Document Type: Article

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