If improvement of the quality and value of health and health care is the goal, why focus on health professional development?

Journal of Nursing Care Quality

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 17-28

  Batalden, Paul B ^a,b,c  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Change; Improvement; Professional development; Quality; Value

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REVIEW; STANDARD; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

FORECASTING; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; STAFF DEVELOPMENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035405872     PISSN: 10573631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001786-200107000-00004     Document Type: Article

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