A perinatal care quality and safety initiative: Are there financial rewards for improved quality?

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 339-348

  Kozhimannil, Katy B ^a   Sommerness, Samantha A ^b   Rauk, Phillip ^c,d   Gams, Rebecca ^d   Hirt, Charles ^e   Davis, Stanley ^f   Miller, Kristi K ^e   Landers, Daniel V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Southdale Hospital Medical Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e FAIRVIEW SOUTHDALE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f UNIV OF MINNESOTA HOSP AND CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH INJURY; COOPERATION; COST CONTROL; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; REWARD; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

BIRTH INJURIES; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; COST SAVINGS; FEMALE; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MINNESOTA; PATIENT SAFETY; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; REWARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84880554003     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1553-7250(13)39048-5     Document Type: Article

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