Appreciative inquiry for quality improvement in primary care practices

Quality Management in Health Care

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 37-48

  Ruhe, Mary C ^a   Bobiak, Sarah N ^g   Litaker, David ^a,b,f   Carter, Caroline A ^e   Wu, Laura ^a   Schroeder, Casey ^a   Zyzanski, Stephen J ^a   Weyer, Sharon M ^b,d   Werner, James J ^a,b   Fry, Ronald E ^c   Stange, Kurt C ^a,b  

^a Department of Family Medicine ^*  (Australia)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Mountain State University   (United States)

^e Case Comprehensive Cancer Center ^*  (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^g National Comprehensive Cancer Network   (United States)

Author keywords

appreciative inquiry; practice improvement; preventive service delivery; primary care; quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RACE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 78651424127     PISSN: 10638628     EISSN: 15505154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QMH.0b013e31820311be     Document Type: Article

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