The quality march. Part three of a national survey of quality improvement activities.
Taken as a whole, these findings from the National Survey of Hospital Quality Improvement Activities provide important baseline information on the current status of hospital quality improvement efforts. They also indicate those areas where hospitals perceive the greatest need for assistance and foretell the much-needed expansion of CQI/TQM to clinical processes and activities involving a greater degree of physician participation.
D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002985:Clinical Protocols; D003625:Data Collection; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010819:Physician's Role; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States