Engaging clinicians in a quality improvement strategy for early-stage breast cancer treatment.
Physicians are skeptical of quality improvement and obtaining their enthusiastic participation continues to be a challenge. We designed and initiated a clinician-driven quality improvement project to improve the provision of efficacious breast cancer treatments among women presenting to an academic medical center for their initial treatment of early-stage breast cancer. All 156 identified physicians agreed to participate in the project and provided access to their office records or specific medical information.
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Departments of Health Policy and Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, USA.
Aufses
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Chassin
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D000046:Academic Medical Centers / Q000592:standards*; D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D006801:Humans; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology; D009518:New York; D010819:Physician's Role; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000458:organization & administration*