The perceived effectiveness of total quality management as a tool for quality improvement in emergency medicine

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 811-816

  VanRooyen, Michael J ^a   Grabowski, Jurek G ^a   Ghidorzi, Anthony J ^b   Dey, Chayan ^a   Strange, Gary R ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic emergency departments; Continuous Quality Improvement; Emergency departments; Quality assurance; Total Quality Management

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 0032780606     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1999.tb01212.x     Document Type: Article

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