Tracking and sustaining improvement initiatives: Leveraging quality dashboards to lead change in a neurosurgical department

Neurosurgery

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 235-243

  McLaughlin, Nancy ^a   Afsar Manesh, Nasim ^a   Ragland, Victoria ^a   Buxey, Farzad ^a   Martin, Neil A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Business intelligence; Dashboard; Neurosurgery; Outcome; Performance tool; Quality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTELLIGENCE; LEADERSHIP; NEUROSURGERY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM SUSTAINABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

HUMANS; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL;

EID: 84896727794     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0000000000000265     Document Type: Article

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