title: Organizationwide quality improvement in health care.
abstract: Organizationwide quality improvement has offered many organizations in many different industries a new approach to work and leadership. The lessons learned can be applied to the health care setting. QA professionals can play an important role in this change by leading through example--first in their own departments and the work they currently perform and then throughout the entire organization.
authors: Hospital Corporation of America, Nashville, TN.
authors: P B
authors: PB
authors: Batalden
mesh_terms: D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000592:standards*; D015285:Hospital-Patient Relations; D008332:Management Quality Circles; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D010934:Planning Techniques; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States