Integration of quality improvement with existing quality assessment/quality management processes.
Quality assessment/quality management and quality improvement are two highly visible areas that are helping to change the healthcare system in the 1990s. In this article, the authors describe how quality improvement can enhance the current quality assessment/quality management program in a hospital.
Desjardins
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HCA Portsmouth Pavilion, NH.
Fossett
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D005568:Forms and Records Control; D006743:Hospital Bed Capacity, under 100; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D009513:New Hampshire; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*