Commentary: A call to leadership: The role of the academic medical center in driving sustainable health system improvement through performance measurement

Academic Medicine

Volumn 84, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1645-1647

  Nedza, Susan M ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MASS COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; ROLE PLAYING; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FACULTY, MEDICAL; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; ROLE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 73449118314     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181bf9c9c     Document Type: Note

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3. American Medical Association. Initiative to Transform Medical Education. Phase 3: Program Implementation. Available at: http:// www.ama-assn.org/ama1/ pub/upload/mm/ 377/finalitme.pdf. Accessed August 28, 2009.
4. Northwestern University. Master's program in healthcare quality and patient safety Web site. Available at: http://www.feinberg.northwestern. edu/ihs/education/master/index.html. Accessed August 11, 2009.