title: Quality improvement: then and now.
authors.affiliation: Maine Medical Center, Portland 04102.
authors.forename: C I
authors.initials: CI
authors.lastname: Meeker
mesh_terms: D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups; D006801:Humans; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D008485:Medical Audit; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends; D018024:Peer Review, Health Care; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends; D014481:United States; D016270:United States Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality