title: System identifies problems of hospital department.
abstract: Identifying and quantifying problems within and outside a hospital business unit is essential if quality improvement is to be successful. In the following article, the author describes how to establish a system in which those problems can be identified and dealt with by the managers and staff of any business unit in the hospital.
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authors: Lancaster
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D004526:Efficiency; D006748:Hospital Departments / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008330:Management Audit; D008332:Management Quality Circles; D008722:Methods; D010934:Planning Techniques; D011340:Problem Solving; D014481:United States