Administrative simplification: healthcare reform and TQM.
Administrative simplification is a key element of the Clinton healthcare reform proposal. Healthcare leaders, however, "cannot lay the entire burden of administrative simplification on outsiders," says Ellen J. Gaucher, Senior Associate Director of The University of Michigan Hospitals. There are numerous opportunities to use the principles of total quality management to improve operational and financial performance in healthcare organizations.
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University of Michigan Hospitals, Ann Arbor.
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