Designing and implementing a comprehensive quality and patient safety management model: A paradigm for perioperative improvement

Journal of Patient Safety

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 84-92

  Herzer, Kurt R ^a   Mark, Lynette J ^a,c   Michelson, James D ^b   Saletnik, Laurie A ^a   Lundquist, Christina A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Incident reporting systems; Lean Six Sigma; Multidisciplinary team; Patient safety; Perioperative processes; Quality improvement; Systems approach

Indexed keywords

EID: 61349108356     PISSN: 15498417     EISSN: 15498425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PTS.0b013e3181730863     Document Type: Article

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