title: Toward continuous quality improvement in trauma care.
abstract: Trauma providers are engaged in a constant struggle to improve quality and to assure positive outcomes in an unpredictable disease process. Traditional quality assurance has been unsuccessful in achieving these goals. Continuous quality improvement methodologies hold promise as the tools to balance quality, outcomes, and patient satisfaction with cost concerns.
authors.forename: L E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Eastes
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control; D003422:Critical Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006801:Humans; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014193:Trauma Centers / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016896:Treatment Outcome