A process improvement project: Achieving quality outcomes

Journal of Nursing Administration

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 94-100

  Buckley, Thomas ^a,d   Burns, Suzanne M ^b   Bleck, Thomas ^c,d  

^a Quality and Performance Improvement ^*  (United States)

^b School of Nursing   (United States)

^c Neurol Neurol Surg Int Med

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SEDATION;

ADULT; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONAL MANAGEMENT TEAMS; LONG-TERM CARE; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; VIRGINIA;

EID: 13444278488     PISSN: 00020443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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