title: Operations improvement.
abstract: There are ever increasing pressures to reduce the cost of providing health care while improving productivity and quality. An interdisciplinary, systemwide approach promotes full analysis of the organization and results in innovative solutions to cost reduction and revenue enhancement. Through the technique of operations improvement, budget reductions are effected by a process designed to strengthen the healthcare system.
authors.affiliation: University of Maryland, School of Nursing, Baltimore.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Mills
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D003363:Cost Control / Q000191:economics; D004526:Efficiency; D004649:Employee Incentive Plans / Q000191:economics; D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D008330:Management Audit / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009934:Organization and Administration; D015397:Program Evaluation / Q000379:methods