title: Secrets to process improvement revealed: prioritize and finance.
abstract: To build a better process improvement program, review the processes behind it. There's truth in that tongue-twister: Good ideas for clinical reform often languish if hospitals don't have a structure to support them. Park Nicollet Clinic and Methodist Hospital, an award-winning system in Minneapolis, MN, shares its tips for advancing clinical improvement initiatives.
mesh_terms: D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D019451:Information Management / Q000592:standards; D008910:Minnesota; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D010346:Patient Care Management / Q000592:standards; D010934:Planning Techniques; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D017064:Process Assessment, Health Care; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000379:methods*