Bridging the quality chasm: Integrating professional and organizational approaches to quality

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 75-82

  Berg, Marc ^a,c   Schellekens, Wim ^b   Bergen, Cé ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Dutch Institute for Healthcare Improvement CBO   (Netherlands)

^c NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Care programs; Continuous quality improvement; Critical pathways; Flow; Information systems; Patient safety; Process redesign; Quality indicators; Quality of health care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST CONTROL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PATIENT CARE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; STANDARDIZATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL DELEGATION; PRACTICE MANAGEMENT, MEDICAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 13844317906     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzi008     Document Type: Article

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