All teach, all learn, all improve?: The role of interorganizational learning in quality improvement collaboratives

Health Care Management Review

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 154-164

  Nembhard, Ingrid M ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

human resources practices; organizational learning; performance; quality improvement collaboratives

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADULT; ARTICLE; COOPERATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADULT; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH MANPOWER; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONAL MANAGEMENT TEAMS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84858999867     PISSN: 03616274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HMR.0b013e31822af831     Document Type: Review

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