Quality improvement in community health centres: The role of microsystem characteristics in the implementation of a Diabetes Prevention Initiative

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 290-294

  Santana, Calie ^a   Nunez Smith, Marcella ^b   Camp, Anne ^c   Ruppe, Erin ^d   Berg, David ^b   Curry, Leslie ^b  

^a MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Fair Haven Community Health Center   (United States)

^d YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COOPERATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STANDARD; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DIABETES MELLITUS; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT SAFETY; PLANNING TECHNIQUES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956109032     PISSN: 14753898     EISSN: 14753901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.2009.033530     Document Type: Article

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