Introducing quality improvement methods into local public health departments: Structured evaluation of a statewide pilot project

Health Services Research

Volumn 44, Issue 5 PART 2, 2009, Pages 1863-1879

  Riley, William ^a   Parsons, Helen ^a   McCoy, Kim ^b   Burns, Debra ^b   Anderson, Donna ^a   Lee, Suhna ^a   Sainfort, François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Distance learning; Process improvement; Public health; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITIES AND SERVICES; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PROGRAM; LEARNING; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; STAFF TRAINING; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EDUCATION, DISTANCE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MINNESOTA; PILOT PROJECTS; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 69849112942     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2009.01012.x     Document Type: Article

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