title: M.A. turned M.D. heads HEW's quality bureau.
abstract: Helen Smits, M.D., one of the few women to head a federal health bureaucracy, looks for ways to improve the quality, while reducing the cost, of health care.
mesh_terms: D049673:History, 20th Century; D011366:Professional Review Organizations; D014481:United States; D014483:United States Dept. of Health and Human Services / Q000458:organization & administration*