St. Louis system finds success with tailor-made QI efforts.
SSM Health Care's systemwide initiative to encourage voluntary, local innovation in quality improvement is reflecting on what worked, and what to do as the next phase begins.
D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D017046:Cost Savings; D008923:Missouri; D009096:Multi-Institutional Systems / Q000592:standards*; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000517:prevention & control; D015279:Organizational Culture; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000458:organization & administration*