Quality improvement tools and processes

Neurosurgery Clinics of North America

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 177-187

  Lau, Catherine Y ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Neurological Surgery ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Model for improvement; Quality improvement; Quality improvement project management; Quality improvement tools

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; FAILURE MODES AND EFFECTS ANALYSIS; FISHBONE DIAGRAM; FIVE WHYS TOOL; FLOWCHART; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MODEL FOR IMPROVEMENT METHOD; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PLAN DO STUDY ACT METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; NEUROSURGERY; STANDARDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HUMANS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 84924763121     PISSN: 10423680     EISSN: 15581349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nec.2014.11.016     Document Type: Review

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