Defining quality improvement in public health

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 5-7

  Riley, William J ^a   Moran, John W ^b   Corso, Liza C ^c   Beitsch, Leslie M ^d,e   Bialek, Ronald ^b   Cofsky, Abbey ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Public Health Foundation   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Center for Medicine and Public Health   (United States)

^f Robert Wood Johnson Foundation   (Canada)

Author keywords

Performance improvement; Public health departments; QI applications for public health departments; Quality improvement techniques

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; NOMENCLATURE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; STANDARD; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ACCREDITATION; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 74349089688     PISSN: 10784659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0b013e3181bedb49     Document Type: Note

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