Quality improvement in neurology: Epilepsy Update Quality Measurement Set

Affiliations

¹ From the Neurology Department (N.B.F.), Comprehensive Epilepsy Program, University of Virginia, Charlottesville; the Department of Neurology and Neurotherapeutics (P.C.V.N.), University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas; the American Academy of Neurology (A.B.), Minneapolis, MN; Absher Neurology (J.A.), Greenville, SC; the Division of Neurology and Pediatrics (A.D.P.), Nationwide Children's Hospital and The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus; the Division of Neurocritical Care & Emergency Neurology, Department of Neurology (K.N.S.), Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; the Department of Neurology (D.S.G.), Geisinger Health System, Danville, PA; the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neurology (D.A.M.), Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, OH; and the Department of Patient Safety, Quality and Innovation (M.S.), Winthrop University Hospital, Mineola, NY.

Nathan B Fountain et al. Neurology. 2015.

. 2015 Apr 7;84(14):1483-7.

doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000001448.

¹ From the Neurology Department (N.B.F.), Comprehensive Epilepsy Program, University of Virginia, Charlottesville; the Department of Neurology and Neurotherapeutics (P.C.V.N.), University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas; the American Academy of Neurology (A.B.), Minneapolis, MN; Absher Neurology (J.A.), Greenville, SC; the Division of Neurology and Pediatrics (A.D.P.), Nationwide Children's Hospital and The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus; the Division of Neurocritical Care & Emergency Neurology, Department of Neurology (K.N.S.), Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; the Department of Neurology (D.S.G.), Geisinger Health System, Danville, PA; the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neurology (D.A.M.), Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, OH; and the Department of Patient Safety, Quality and Innovation (M.S.), Winthrop University Hospital, Mineola, NY.

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