Clinical communities at Johns Hopkins Medicine: An emerging approach to quality improvement

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 387-395

  Gould, Lois J ^a   Wachter, Patricia A ^a   Aboumatar, Hanan ^b   Blanding, Renee J ^c   Brotman, Daniel J ^c   Bullard, Janine ^b   Gilmore, Maureen M ^b   Golden, Sherita Hill ^c,d   Howell, Eric ^c   Ishii, Lisa ^b   Ken Lee, K H ^e   Paul, Martin G ^f   Rotello, Leo C ^g   Satin, Andrew J ^b   Wick, Elizabeth C ^b   Winner, Laura ^e   Zenilman, Michael E ^a   Pronovost, Peter J ^b,e  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality   (United States)

^f Sibley Memorial Hospital   (United States)

^g SUBURBAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FAMILY STUDY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICINE; PATIENT SAFETY; SCIENTIST; TEAM BUILDING; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TRUST; WORKPLACE; COOPERATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATION; PUBLIC RELATIONS; UNITED STATES;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HEALTH FACILITY ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PATIENT SAFETY; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84946753784     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1553-7250(15)41050-5     Document Type: Article

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