Trans-surgical disciplines collaboration is an effective strategy for expediting quality improvement

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 264, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 915-916

  Wick, Elizabeth C ^a   Pronovost, Peter J ^a,b   Fader, Amanda Nickles ^a  

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

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLON RESECTION; COLON SURGERY; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CYTOREDUCTIVE SURGERY; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INFECTION CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SURGEON; SURGICAL INFECTION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; COOPERATION; EDUCATION; GENERAL SURGERY; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 84965069972     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000001764     Document Type: Review

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