title: Using clinical microsystems to improve quality at all levels.
abstract: Clinical microsystems--with their emphasis on patients, people, process, and performance patterns--still isn't as well known as other quality improvement terms. But many people familiar with healthcare quality issues think these systems can potentially change the front lines of care delivery--which in turn influence how care is provided throughout larger healthcare organizations.
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D017146:Models, Organizational; D015969:National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, U.S., Health and Medicine Division; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D018802:Patient-Centered Care; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D014481:United States