The Cost of Quality: An Academic Health Center's Annual Costs for Its Quality and Patient Safety Infrastructure

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2018, Pages 583-589

  Blanchfield, Bonnie B ^a   Demehin, Akinluwa A ^a   Cummings, Cornell T ^a   Ferris, Timothy G ^a   Meyer, Gregg S ^a  

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Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DRUG SAFETY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; ACCREDITATION; COST; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; IN SERVICE TRAINING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ACCREDITATION; COMMUNICATION; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85049435163     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjq.2018.03.012     Document Type: Article

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