Abstract:
:This article discusses techniques used at Staten Island University Hospital to help automate manual data collection for performance improvement reports and outcomes analysis. If data must be collected manually, it is time to take a look at information available in your hospital's information system.
journal_name
J Nurs Care Qualjournal_title
Journal of nursing care qualityauthors
Johnson DI,Mooney K,DiStefano M,Sullivan M,Haber D,Kalriess Gdoi
10.1097/00001786-199808000-00008subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1998-08-01 00:00:00pages
37-47issue
6eissn
1057-3631issn
1550-5065journal_volume
12pub_type
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