title: Quality improvement: a race with no finish.
abstract: Quality improvement has been used in other industries for its ability to help achieve objectives in price sensitive markets and against tough competition, according to authors Kevin Sullivan and Ellen Meier, RN, M.B.A. Quality improvement also has strategic implications for every group practice concerned about maintaining profit margins, satisfying patients and payers and lifting the morale of its employees.
authors: K W
authors: KW
authors: Sullivan
authors: E M
authors: EM
authors: Meier
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control / Q000379:methods; D006123:Group Practice / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008332:Management Quality Circles / Q000458:organization & administration; D009042:Motivation; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D017060:Patient Satisfaction / Q000191:economics; D010559:Personnel Management / Q000592:standards; D010934:Planning Techniques; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States