The application of the Six Sigma program for the quality management of the PACS

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 185, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1361-1365

  Kang, Jin Oh ^a   Kim, Myoung Ho ^a   Hong, Seong Eon ^a   Jung, Jae Ho ^a   Song, Mi Jin ^b  

^a Kyung Hee University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; IMAGE QUALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KOREA; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

DATA COLLECTION; KOREA; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RADIOLOGY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33644839759     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.04.0716     Document Type: Article

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