title: Using Six Sigma to make a difference in health care quality.
abstract: For years, the health care industry has borrowed ideas and initiatives from other industries to promote and enhance quality. The most recent idea to capture the interest of many in the health care field has been Six Sigma, which has been used and refined during the past two decades by top corporations. This issue looks at how five organizations are using the Six Sigma management process--with its reliance on data, statistical analysis, and change--to enhance quality.
authors: Janice C
authors: JC
authors: Simmons
mesh_terms: D019985:Benchmarking; D003258:Consumer Behavior; D003363:Cost Control; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006801:Humans; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000517:prevention & control; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000379:methods*; D014481:United States