title: Integrating ethics and quality improvement: practical implementation in the transitional/ extended care setting.
abstract: A major challenge in health care today is to provide high-quality care that results in the best outcomes possible for patients and residents within the limits of available resources. Throughout the past decade, there has been a call from ethicists for health care institutions to integrate the ethics and quality improvement processes. This article describes how a transitional/extended care facility integrated the quality improvement process within an ethical framework to achieve high-quality care while controlling cost.
authors.affiliation: Franciscan Woods, Brookfield, Wisconsin, USA.
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Piette
authors.forename: Julie L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Ellis
authors.forename: Phyllis
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: St Denis
authors.forename: Jaclyn
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sarauer
mesh_terms: D028741:Ethics Committees, Clinical; D026690:Ethics, Clinical; D004991:Ethics, Institutional; D006801:Humans; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000941:ethics* / Q000458:organization & administration; D012866:Skilled Nursing Facilities / Q000941:ethics* / Q000592:standards; D014922:Wisconsin