Engaging residents and fellows to improve institution-wide quality: The first six years of a novel financial incentive program

Academic Medicine

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 460-468

  Vidyarthi, Arpana R ^a   Green, Adrienne L ^b   Rosenbluth, Glenn ^b   Baron, Robert B ^c  

^a DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Division of General Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; REIMBURSEMENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MOTIVATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; SAN FRANCISCO;

EID: 84894667156     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000000159     Document Type: Article

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