Project management: putting continuous quality improvement theory into practice.
A growing number of projects required by a changing national health care environment and an increased awareness of continuous quality improvement methodologies provided the impetus for the department of nursing at a 265-bed academic children's hospital to develop a standardized project management approach. The article describes how the project management process unfolded from beginning to end utilizing the plan-do-check-act cycle.
Andreoni
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Department of Nursing, Children's Memorial Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA.
Bilak
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Bukumira
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Halfer
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Lynch-Stapleton
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Perez
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D002641:Chicago; D006744:Hospital Bed Capacity, 100 to 299; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009738:Nursing Service, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D010934:Planning Techniques; D016730:Program Development / Q000379:methods; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000458:organization & administration*