Quality assurance in rural hospitals.
Within the last decade there has been an expanding amount of information on quality assurance in healthcare. Despite the prolific citations on the topic, only a few address the needs and concerns regarding quality assurance programs in rural healthcare institutions. The author summarizes the more frequently expressed concerns of nursing administrators in implementing a comprehensive quality assurance program in the rural environment.
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Rural Nursing, University of Utah, College of Nursing, Salt Lake City.
D000068:Accreditation / Q000592:standards; D002017:Budgets; D003219:Confidentiality; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D006780:Hospitals, Rural / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D010348:Patient Care Team; D011050:Policy Making; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012924:Social Conditions; D014481:United States