title: Quality health care.
abstract: Health professionals are reporting progress in the application of improvement principles and methods to clinical care. Clinical quality improvement efforts have decreased unnecessary intravenous catheter use, improved preventive services, and decreased hospital costs for patients with chest pain.
authors.affiliation: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Headrick
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Neuhauser
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000639:trends*; D014481:United States