Continuous Quality Improvement Program for Hip and Knee Replacement

American Journal of Medical Quality

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 425-431

  Marshall, Deborah A ^a,b   Christiansen, Tanya ^b   Smith, Christopher ^b   Squire Howden, Jane ^c   Werle, Jason ^a,c   Faris, Peter ^b   Frank, Cy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b Alberta Bone and Joint Health Institute   (Canada)

^c ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES   (Canada)

Author keywords

continuous quality improvement; health care quality improvement; performance measures; quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ALBERTA; CLINICAL PATHWAY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HIP REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; KNEE REPLACEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGEON; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ALBERTA; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SURGEONS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84940050919     PISSN: 10628606     EISSN: 1555824X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1062860614540512     Document Type: Article

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