5 results match your criteria: "and Safety (IQuESt) at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center[Affiliation]"

Importance: Diagnostic delay in the outpatient setting is an emerging safety priority that health information technology (HIT) should help address. However, diagnostic delays have persisted, and new safety concerns associated with the use of HIT have emerged.

Objective: To analyze HIT-related outpatient diagnostic delays within a large, integrated health care system.

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Managing Health Care After Cancer Treatment: A Wellness Plan.

Fed Pract

May 2014

Geriatrician and health services investigator at the Houston Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness, and Safety (IQuESt) at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, Texas, and is an associate professor of medicine and health policy at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston.

Many patients and health care providers lack awareness of both the existence of, and treatments for, lingering distress and disability after treatment. A cancer survivorship wellness plan can help ensure that any referral needs for psychosocial and other restorative care after cancer treatment are identified.

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