title: Epidemiologic approaches to quality assessment.
abstract: Hospital epidemiologists have an opportunity to apply their skills to hospital quality problems other than infection control. Soon, hospitals will be required to collect and report numerous quality indicators, whose results will require epidemiologic interpretation. For those who choose to make the transition into quality management, careful assessment and planning are needed to succeed.
authors.affiliation: Methodist Hospitals of Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
authors.forename: B P
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Simmons
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Kritchevsky
mesh_terms: D004813:Epidemiology / Q000193:education; D006801:Humans; D016357:Infection Control Practitioners; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D017749:Total Quality Management