Initiating an enhanced recovery pathway program: An anesthesiology department's perspective

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 447-456

  Wu, Christopher L ^a   Benson, Andrew R ^b   Hobson, Deborah B ^b   Roda, Claro Pio ^b   Demski, Renee ^b,c   Galante, Daniel J ^a   Page, Andrew J ^a   Pronovost, Peter J ^c,d,e,f   Wick, Elizabeth C ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality   (United States)

^e School of Medicine   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIOLOGY; CLINICAL PATHWAY; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; BALTIMORE; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERIOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 84953345074     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1553-7250(15)41058-X     Document Type: Article

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