Leading quality improvement in primary care: Recommendations for success

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 125, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 869-872

  Van Hoof, Thomas J ^a,b,c   Bisognano, Maureen ^d   Reinertsen, James L ^d,e   Meehan, Thomas P ^b,c,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c QUALIDIGM   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE FOR HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENT   (United States)

^e Reinertsen Group   (United States)

^f YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Leadership; Primary care; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GOAL ATTAINMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKILL; TEAMWORK;

EID: 84865675126     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: 15557162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2012.04.024     Document Type: Note

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