title: A shared vision of healthcare quality improvement.
abstract: SHEA and the American Society for Quality's Health Care Division have been collaborating in areas of common concern to improve healthcare quality. We each possess a heritage of different but complementary approaches and stand a better chance of success together than apart. This presentation describes rapid growth of our interdisciplinary, international, special interest group and progress made thus far, as well as challenges facing hospital epidemiologists and quality improvement professionals.
authors.affiliation: Health Care Quality Special Interest Group.
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authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Birnbaum
mesh_terms: D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control; D004813:Epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000517:prevention & control; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D012955:Societies, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States