title: Informatics and process improvement. The clinical design unit.
abstract: Seeking to integrate departments and services, reduce costs, and enhance quality, administrators at a university medical center implemented a clinical design unit. The authors describe the operations of the unit in testing new processes before rollout to the entire center.
authors.affiliation: Informatics and Process Improvement, UPMC Shadyside, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Merryman
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sharbaugh
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Roberts
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers / Q000458:organization & administration; D003405:Creativity; D006754:Hospital Restructuring; D006757:Hospital Units / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D015401:Nursing Administration Research; D009738:Nursing Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D010343:Patient Admission; D010414:Pennsylvania; D010865:Pilot Projects; D017064:Process Assessment, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration; D012109:Research Support as Topic