Delayed workup of rectal bleeding in adult primary care: Examining process-of-care failures

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 32-40

  Weingart, Saul N ^a,b   Stoffel, Elena M ^c   Chung, Daniel C ^d,e   Sequist, Thomas D ^f,g   Lederman, Ruth I ^h   Pelletier, Stephen R ^d   Shields, Helen M ^d,g  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f PARTNERS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^g BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COLORECTAL TUMOR; COMPLICATION; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALPRACTICE; MASSACHUSETTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; BOSTON; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALPRACTICE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 85008600390     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjq.2016.10.001     Document Type: Article

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