Quality: The Mayo Clinic approach

American Journal of Medical Quality

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 428-440

  Swensen, Stephen J ^a   Dilling, James A ^b   Milliner, Dawn S ^c   Zimmerman, Richard S ^d   Maples, William J ^a   Lindsay, Mark E ^e   Bartley, George B ^f  

^a Department of Radiology ^*  (United States)

^b Administrative Services   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER   (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^e Luther Hospital   (United States)

^f MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Engineering; Quality; Safety; Systems

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL RECORD; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; SAFETY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNICATION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HOSPITALS, GROUP PRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MINNESOTA; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 70349443417     PISSN: 10628606     EISSN: 1555824X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1062860609339521     Document Type: Article

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