I-CaRe: a case review tool focused on improving inpatient care

Jennifer Huang Lee; Arpana R Vidyarthi; Niraj L Sehgal; Andrew D Auerbach; Robert M Wachter

doi:10.1016/s1553-7250(09)35015-1

I-CaRe: a case review tool focused on improving inpatient care

Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2009 Feb;35(2):115-9, 61. doi: 10.1016/s1553-7250(09)35015-1.

Authors

Jennifer Huang Lee¹, Arpana R Vidyarthi, Niraj L Sehgal, Andrew D Auerbach, Robert M Wachter

Affiliation

¹ Division of Hospital Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, USA.

PMID: 19241732
DOI: 10.1016/s1553-7250(09)35015-1

Abstract

I-CaRe, an inpatient case review tool that walks individual physician reviewers through the details of a patient case, facilitates the collection and assessment of quality and safety data both for internal quality improvement initiatives and external reporting.

MeSH terms

Humans
Medical Audit / methods*
Medical Audit / standards
Peer Review, Health Care / methods*
Risk Management / methods*
Risk Management / standards