A local health Department's journey to the Summit: A case study of a decade of quality improvement

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 63-69

  Morrow, Cynthia B ^a   Nguyen, Quoc V ^a   Shultz, Rebecca G ^a   Murphy, Jill M ^a   Mignano, Michelle A ^a  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

local health departments; quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; NEW YORK; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 83155160956     PISSN: 10784659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0b013e31822f6296     Document Type: Article

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