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Monday, November 23, 2009

Inpatient falls: the impact of family and personal caregivers.

30 Jul 2009 The impact of family and personal caregivers on inpatients with fall-related injuries in a Taiwanese medical center is investigated in this study. Taiwan has a prevalent custom for families to accompany their hospitalized loved ones during hospital ... Read more...

Assessing surgical quality using administrative and clinical data sets: a direct comparison of the University HealthSystem Consortium Clinical Database and the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program data set.

5 Jul 2009 The use of "clinical" versus "administrative" data sets for health care quality assessment continues to be debated. This study directly compares the University HealthSystem Consortium Clinical Database (UHC CDB) and the National Surgical Quality ... Read more...

Evaluating quality in clinical cancer research: the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center experience.

29 Jun 2009 BACKGROUND: Despite the unquestionable importance of clinically oriented research designed to test the safety and efficacy of new therapies in patients with malignant disease, there is limited information regarding strategies to evaluate the quality ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Academic Medical Centers - Standards'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Inpatient falls: the impact of family and personal caregivers. 30 Jul 2009
• Assessing surgical quality using administrative and clinical data sets: a direct comparison of the University HealthSystem Consortium Clinical Database and the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program data set. 5 Jul 2009
• Evaluating quality in clinical cancer research: the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center experience. 29 Jun 2009
• Scales as outcome measures for Alzheimer's disease. 29 Jun 2009
• Establishing a mortality review process. 29 Jun 2009
• Authorship. 29 Jun 2009
• Clinical Centers of Excellence: eating disorders. University Medical Center at Princeton. 3 Jun 2009
• Re: Comparison of risk adjustment methodologies in surgical quality improvement. 12 May 2009
• The lesson of anatomy. 29 Apr 2009
• The use of patient satisfaction surveys and alternative coding procedures to predict malpractice risk. 29 Apr 2009
• CMS standards in reviewing low-volume cardiac transplant centers. 29 Apr 2009
• Challenges and opportunities in academic hospital medicine: report from the Academic Hospital Medicine Summit. 30 Mar 2009
• Becoming a child neurologist in the United States. 30 Mar 2009
• Feasibility of a nontargeted active opt-in HIV, HBV, and HCV testing in an academic emergency department. 30 Mar 2009
• A national analysis of the relationship between hospital volume, academic center status, and surgical outcomes for abdominal hysterectomy done for leiomyoma. 30 Mar 2009
• Make med rec intuitive, not just another step. 30 Mar 2009
• Reducing surgical site infections at a pediatric academic medical center. 30 Mar 2009
• Criteria-based audit on management of eclampsia patients at a tertiary hospital in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. 25 Mar 2009
• Commentary on "a roadmap for the prevention of dementia II: Leon Thal Symposium 2008." A proposal to increase participation in Alzheimer's disease clinical trials. 27 Feb 2009
• Commentary on "a roadmap for the prevention of dementia II: Leon Thal Symposium 2008." "Big Asks": what can be changed to increase and speed progress on Alzheimer's disease research and treatment? 27 Feb 2009

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Technical information about 'Academic Medical Centers'

Definition: Medical complexes consisting of medical school, hospitals, clinics, libraries, administrative facilities, etc.

Descriptor UI: D000046

Alternative terms: Academic Medical Centers; Centers, Academic Medical; Centers, University Medical; Medical Center, Academic; Medical Center, University; Center, Academic Medical; Medical Centers, University; University Medical Center; University Medical Centers; Academic Medical Center; Center, University Medical; Medical Centers, Academic;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; supply & distribution; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: N02.278.020;

Online Note: search HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY 1979

History Note: 80; was see HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY 1979

Technical Notes: specify geog; DF: ACAD MED CENTERS