Quality outcomes in the surgical intensive care unit after electronic health record implementation

Applied Clinical Informatics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 611-618

  Flatow, V H ^a   Ibragimova, N ^a   Divino, C M ^a   Eshak, D S A ^a   Twohig, B C ^a   Bassily Marcus, A M ^a   Kohli Seth, R ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical care; Electronic health records; Quality improvement; Surgical intensive care

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGERY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

COHORT STUDIES; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 84947746513     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18690327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4338/ACI-2015-04-RA-0044     Document Type: Article

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