How can we recognize continuous quality improvement?

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 6-15

  Rubenstein, Lis ^a,b,c   Khodyakov, Dmitry ^a   Hempel, Susanne ^a   Danz, Margie ^a,b   Salem schatz, Susanne ^d   Foy, Robbie ^e   O'neill, Sean ^a,f   Dalal, Siddhartha ^a   Shekelle, Paul ^a,g  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Independent Consultant   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^f NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Consultants; Continuous quality improvement; Health care organization; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSENSUS; DELPHI STUDY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

CONSULTANTS; CONTINUOUS QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

CANADA; CONSENSUS; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84893626920     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzt085     Document Type: Article

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