title: Quality improvement through data analysis. Concepts and applications.
abstract: Nurse executives play a key role in quality management and need a working knowledge of which data collection and improvement tools to use. This knowledge insures effective analysis and decision making necessary to drive department and organizational transformation through quality improvement programs. The author presents the most frequently used tools for quality improvement, with a focus on applications in practice.
authors.affiliation: Youngstown Osteopathic Hospital, OH.
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Flarey
mesh_terms: D001071:Appointments and Schedules; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D006801:Humans; D015233:Models, Statistical; D009718:Nurse Administrators; D009738:Nursing Service, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D009873:Operating Rooms / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012107:Research Design; D014481:United States