title: Four factors that lead to performance improvement in hospitals.
abstract: What sets high-performing hospitals apart from others? Is it a great quality improvement department or superior executive leadership? Is it hiring employees who are dedicated to finding better ways to doing their jobs? A new report from The Commonwealth Fund says there is no one thing that makes a hospital a performance leader. Rather, the report identifies four key elements that combine to make certain hospitals stand out from the rest of the pack.
mesh_terms: D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000592:standards*; D007857:Leadership; D015279:Organizational Culture; D010557:Personnel Administration, Hospital / Q000379:methods*; D010558:Personnel Loyalty; D017749:Total Quality Management; D014481:United States