title: Award-winning hospital makes performance improvement an organizational standard.
authors.affiliation: Good Samaritan Hospital, Downers Grove, Il, USA.
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Sinwell
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Mattis
mesh_terms: D001363:Awards and Prizes; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational / Q000592:standards; D006745:Hospital Bed Capacity, 300 to 499; D006764:Hospitals, Community / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D007087:Illinois; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D017146:Models, Organizational; D017749:Total Quality Management