Introduction of a quality improvement program in a children's hospital in Tehran: Design, implementation, evaluation and lessons learned

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 237-243

  Mohammadi, S Mehrdad ^a   Mohammadi, S Farzad ^a   Hedges, Jerris R ^b   Zohrabi, Morteza ^a   Ameli, Omid ^c  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MANAGEMENT SCIENCES FOR HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Change in behavior; Continuous quality improvement; Hospital; Structure for change

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL SERVICE; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; IRAN; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAFF TRAINING; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WORKSHOP;

HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; IRAN; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 34547899975     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzm021     Document Type: Article

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