Power outage - Inadequate surgeon performance measures leave patients in the dark

JAMA Surgery

Volumn 151, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 599-600

  Jaffe, Todd A ^a   Hasday, Steven J ^a   Dimick, Justin B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGEON; SURGICAL PATIENT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; STANDARDS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; VIDEORECORDING;

CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SURGEONS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84979265880     PISSN: 21686254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2015.5459     Document Type: Note

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