TY  - JOUR
T1  - AChieving comanagment’s potential requires system redesign and hospitalist-focused training
AU  - Levin D, Glasheen JJ
Y1  - 2011/07/25
N1  - 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.323
JO  - Archives of Internal Medicine
SP  - 1299
EP  - 1300
VL  - 171
IS  - 14
N2  - 
First, the lack of significant improvement in traditional quality indicators underscores the need to study alternative quality measures. A comanagement model may not be able to alter the length of stay, mortality, or readmission rate following an elective surgical procedure with a defined postoperative course or intraoperative mortality. However, a model that fundamentally re-engineers systems of care may have an impact on outcomes such as deep venous thrombosis, pain, delirium, and catheter use and infection rates. These complications may not prolong the length of stay and will not be detected in administrative data.

SN  - 0003-9926
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.323
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinternmed.2011.323
ER  -