title: From QA to TQM.
abstract: In the decade from 1950 to 1960, two quality-related processes--medical audit and total quality management--were being developed, one directly in the health care field and the other in the manufacturing sector. These processes remained isolated from each other until the mid-1980s. Each would have a separate but major effect on the health care industry.
authors: Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, Santa Barbara, CA.
authors: R D
authors: RD
authors: Tyler
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000592:standards*; D008485:Medical Audit / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D014481:United States