Using Innovative Methodologies From Technology and Manufacturing Companies to Reduce Heart Failure Readmissions

American Journal of Medical Quality

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 272-278

  Johnson, Amber E ^a   Winner, Laura ^b   Simmons, Tanya ^a   Eid, Shaker M ^a   Hody, Robert ^b   Sampedro, Angel ^c   Augustine, Sharon ^a   Sylvester, Carol ^c   Parakh, Kapil ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

heart failure; Lean Sigma; multidisciplinary; quality improvement; readmissions

Indexed keywords

AGED; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

AGED; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT READMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84964703618     PISSN: 10628606     EISSN: 1555824X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1062860614562627     Document Type: Article

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