Linking Quality Assurance to Performance Improvement to Produce a High Reliability Organization

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2008, Pages

  Silvey, Andrea B ^a   Warrick, Louise H ^b  

^a Health Services Advisory Group   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Performance improvement; Performance improvement model; Quality; Quality assurance; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

BIOPHYSICS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; RELIABILITY THEORY; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

CHANGE MANAGEMENT TOOLS; LEADERSHIP EFFORTS; PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT MODELS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

QUALITY ASSURANCE;

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY; ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; QUALITY CONTROL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 41749120785     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.05.093     Document Type: Article

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