The Influence of Teams to Sustain Quality Improvement in Nursing Homes that " Need Improvement"

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 48-52

  Rantz, Marilyn J ^a   Zwygart Stauffacher, Mary ^b   Flesner, Marcia ^a   Hicks, Lanis ^c   Mehr, David ^c   Russell, Teresa ^d   Minner, Donna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN EAU CLAIRE   (United States)

^c University of Missouri   (United States)

^d Master of Science Occupational Therapy Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost analysis; Decision making; Nursing homes; Outcomes of care; Quality improvement; Randomized clinical trial; Staff retention; Teams; Working conditions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEADERSHIP; NURSING HOME; PATIENT CARE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84871705409     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2012.09.008     Document Type: Article

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