Quality improvement in small office settings: An examination of successful practices

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 10, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Wolfson, Daniel ^a   Bernabeo, Elizabeth ^a   Leas, Brian ^b   Sofaer, Shoshanna ^c   Pawlson, Gregory ^d   Pillittere, Donna ^d  

^a AMERICAN BOARD OF INTERNAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GROUP PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

GROUP PRACTICE; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS' OFFICES; QUALITY CONTROL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 61649099110     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-10-14     Document Type: Article

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