title: What is quality improvement in the preoperative period?
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia, Stanford University School of Medicine, CA 94305, USA.
authors.forename: Tom
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Archer
authors.forename: Cliff
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schmiesing
authors.forename: Alex
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Macario
mesh_terms: D019992:Databases as Topic; D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D006801:Humans; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000592:standards*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care