Using vignettes to measure and encourage adherence to clinical pathways in a quality-based oncology network: An early report on the moffitt oncology network initiative

Managed Care

Volumn 2015, Issue OCT, 2015, Pages

  Kubal, Timothy ^a   Peabody, John W ^b,f   Friedman, Eliot ^c   Levine, Rich ^d   Pursell, Steve ^e   Letson, Doug G ^a  

^a H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b QURE Healthcare   (United States)

^c LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Space Coast Cancer Center ^*  (United States)

^e Norton Cancer Institute   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84947325397     PISSN: 10623388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
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