title: Study: top performers also can be top improvers.
abstract: More than one-fourth of the variability on benchmark performance may be accounted for by sustained performance improvement. Hospitals were compared over several years using eight different performance measures. Most successful performers develop a culture of performance improvement.
mesh_terms: D019985:Benchmarking; D006739:Hospital Administration; D015279:Organizational Culture; D017749:Total Quality Management; D014481:United States