Obstacles to collaborative quality improvement: The case of ambulatory general medical care

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 115-123

  Gandhi, Tejal K ^a   Puopolo, Ann Louise ^a   Dasse, Priscilla ^b   Haas, Jennifer S ^c   Burstin, Helen R ^a   Cook, E Francis ^a   Brennan, Troyen A ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Risk Management Foundation   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory care; Benchmarking; Collaboration; Obstacles; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMBULATORY CARE; BENCHMARKING; BOSTON; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEEDBACK; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONAL MANAGEMENT TEAMS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; MANAGEMENT QUALITY CIRCLES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0034114461     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/12.2.115     Document Type: Article

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