Redesigning health systems for quality: Lessons from emerging practices

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 599-611

  Wang, Margaret C ^a,b   Hyun, Jenny K ^c   Harrison, Michael I ^d   Shortell, Stephen M ^c   Fraser, Irene ^e  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^e Center for Delivery Organization and Markets   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PERSONNEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE (U.S.); LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750630563     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1553-7250(06)32078-8     Document Type: Article

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